my Mom,
Many of you know that we choose and built this bus in 2017 (thread: "Not a skoolie") for my 95 year old dementing Mom who needed a wheel chair to get around. Traveling was a large pleasure in her life. We choose the name Dory because the bus was blue and Dory the fish in " finding Nemo" has memory loss. My Mom cut the letters for Dory out of paper.
My Mom lived close to 1-1/2 year with us here in the USA. We made several trips with her in Dory to North Carolina and the outer Banks.
One of the trips made it in a local newspaper
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https://portcitydaily.com/story/2018...t-fort-fisher/)
Unfortunately she had to leave our house back to the Netherlands forced by the uncertainties of the immigration complications in July 2018. Bus work continued after she left. (thread: Dory transit a new start) Starting 4 Jan 2019 we decided to take her bus on the above trip across the USA.
I visited her last November for 10 days in the nursing home in Hengelo, The Netherlands. Everyday she told me what a good time she had with us in the USA and that she hoped she could come back and live with us.
In the winter of 2018 we started sipping on a bottle of Cognac just before bedtime.
Four days ago I was able to talk with her. The conversation was short, as she was tired, but she said she was in a lot of pain but would like to be with us.
The last couple of days I have been drinking a sip of her bottle of Hennessy Black before going to bed.
Yesterday I had to work on a clogged sewer in on of our rentals. At home I took a sip of her Cognac to shake of the sewer disgust and noticed that the bottle was almost empty.
This morning I received the phone call that she passed away..
I am happy that our kids were able to have spend some time with her grandma
Johan
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