I have just completed my first week of being a half time employee at the hospital in San Marcos and God really used the time well.  I spent Monday and Tuesday with Amy and my mom, including taking her to see the cardiologist on Tuesday.  The 3 of us agreed do just wait and see how her labs looked and how she was feeling before we considered any more medication changes or invasive testing.  I worked Wednesday at the pain clinic and had time in the afternoon with Amy to finish installing our porch bed swing.  We had a nice long phone conversation with my sister in Kerrville with the primary topic being my mom’s health, spiritual and mental state, and plans for her future.  She had been becoming more frail, more oxygen dependent and less active recently.  My sister had just talked to her on the phone and all of us agreed that mom was expressing a deeper emotional state than usual.  On Thursday, I was able to help mom be on her bible study via zoom in the morning and then to be with her around lunch just before she started an early afternoon nap in her recliner.  Amy and I went back to moms place at 2 pm to take her into town for a blood draw and when we entered her home, we found her unresponsive, not breathing and without a pulse.  She was lying in her recliner and had apparently suffered a cardiac arrest there shortly before our arrival.  Mom had requested no CPR so we notified the authorities and then waited for them to arrive.  We started notifying family, all the while counting our blessings for the wonderfully way Mom had transitioned out of this life and into God’s arms.  The scene was peaceful, without trauma and the process smooth.  My mom was 80 and lived a wonderful life.  She leaves an impressive legacy with 7 grand children and 10 great-grandchildren.  She loved the Lord and we are full of joy knowing she is with Jesus and no longer dealing with the many ailments she faced here on earth.