We never saw this coming...

It's a sad week...my girlfriend's mom passed away.  She was a wonderful, wonderful lady who made her daughters' friends feel like her own children and I'm really going to miss her.  It breaks my heart that she won't get to meet her first grandchild who is on the way and that she won't be here for her other daughter's wedding.  You never really know when your time is up; she was 53 and had a ton of living left to do.  She was happiest with her girls around; when we were in college we'd randomly get in the car (her super nice 2 year old car that somehow we ended up with in Slippery Rock while everyone around us was driving beaters), drive 45 minutes south and surprise her.  We'd end up usually getting dinner out of the deal and she was always so glad that we'd rather have dinner with her than be doing other "college" things.  I hope that I am as kind, caring, and generous to my children's friends as she was to me...she always made me feel like part of their family.  I was around all the time for a lot of years--and never once did I ever feel anything but welcome.  Rest in peace, Maur...and thank you for the wonderful memories.