"Honey, I'm tired and it's time for me to go.. I just wanted to talk to you one more time"

[SoCalDem]

My friend's mother called her yesterday to talk to her, and then she passed peacefully at 93 years of age, 3 hours later.

She was found in her nightgown, clinging to rafters in her attic after Katrina.. She also survived the "other" New Orleans flood. She lost a husband in Guadalcanal, and a 2nd one in Korea.

She raised 7 kids alone (5 of them completed collge)

She had a mastectomy in 1980-something, and a 2nd one a few years later, but she died of "just bein' plumb worn out" (her words)

Her father was born into slavery, and she did not graduate high school.

I was lucky enough to meet this woman when my friend moved her here after her house was swept away. She was here for a few months, but had to move back.. she missed home. She lived with a grandson & his wife, and still active until a few weeks ago..

My friend said she was just ready to go..and even joked about if there really was a heaven, would she be allowed to have both husbands back :)

RIP, EffieMae, you have earned the rest..

[WCGreen]

1. What a way to go....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear SoCalDem...

Ah, what a beautiful story!

She sure as hell earned her rest...

What a spirit she had!

I'd say she has both husbands back, and they're glad to have her back too...

Safe passage to her...

I just wanted to talk to you one more time"

:cry:

K&R

:hug:

[DrDan]

3. She sounds like a great person! RIP

[SoCalDem]

8. She was about 5 ft tall and thin as a rail, but she was the Queen Bee

and the last one of her siblings to pass. I think she was the last of about 12 kids..

[roguevalley]

19. some people talk a good show and some people live it. dignity,

thy name is Effie.

[DrDan]

28. that is true - and it is these people who help the rest of us keep our priorities straight

[kimi]

4. Such a strong and spirited woman

RIP

[seabeyond]

5. ahhh, thanks for sharing.

lovely tribute.

[Libertas1776]

6. Bless her heart,

may she rest in peace. O8)

[Berry Cool]

7. Sounds like a dear woman.

May she rest in peace, and condolences to your friend.

[Toucano]

9. As the apathy of time laughs in my face

you say, "Each life has it's place."

Rest in peace, Effie Mae.

[monmouth]

10. I have blurry eyes reading that. RIP EffieMae...n/t

[Arctic Dave]

11. RIP, my dear.

[roughsatori]

12. I just said a prayer for EffieMae and her family. Thank you, that touched me.

And if EffieMae was an atheist: I apologize to EffieMae and her family, for my presumption. She lived her life in a way that I hope, one day, to have the courage to emulate. Om Mani Padme Hum. Rough Satori.

[QC]

13. May she rest in peace and rise in glory! n/t

[asdjrocky]

14. Because of you may she find her way into many stories so she can live on.

RIP EffieMae.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. some peoole just know

RIP

[KatyaR]

16. So sad--I had a Great Aunt Effie . . . .

She was a tough lady, too. Sounds like EffieMae was quite a woman.

[Thickasabrick]

17. RIP - sounds like she was an extraordinary person. nt

[MadMaddie]

18. She waited to talk to her daughter before going....

RIP EffieMae!!

[bobbolink]

20. What a wonderful story---thank you.

It really is sad that life is made so much more difficult for so many people than it needs to be.

[Odin2005]

21. I'm so sorry!

:hug:

What a life.

[SoCalDem]

22. She lived a long & mostly happy life.

My friend & her husband were just down there for Thanksgiving & she said her Mom was failing, so it was not unexpected..especially at her age. She had taken a fall a few weeks before Thanksgiving, and was mostly immobile, and of course her vision was poor, so her quality of life had taken a downturn, and she was just ready to go..

Most of the family was there, so she had her final goodbyes with everyone who mattered to her. Most of the family still lives in Louisiana & a few in Texas, so most came out..knowing that her time would be soon:)

[niyad]

23. rest in peace, dear one, you earned it. may her family and friends find comfort and

peace.

thank you so much for sharing her with us.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. What a sweet tribute

I love the part about wondering if she could have both husbands in heaven! :-)

[SoCalDem]

25. She had 6 kids with the first and one child with the second

and apparently she did like both of them:)

[DainBramaged]

26. My Mom too, back in May, almost 92. She was just tired and worn out

the body was failing, the brain was not. She lived alone until she had to be put into hospice in March. All she wanted to do was be with my Dad again, who died 25 years ago in 1984.

:cry:

[NuttyFluffers]

27. beautiful. may we all be so blessed to have so sweet a parting after such struggle and success.

:hug:
may i see you too at home someday, EffieMae.
O8)

[lonestarnot]

29. RIP EffieMae.

[Mad_Dem_X]

30. Sounds like a strong, wonderful woman

May she rest in peace. She deserves it. :)

[femrap]

31. May EffieMae's

spirit live amongst us free from physical pain and give us the strength to conquer the greedy, the evil and the oppressors.

[paparush]

32. Rest Easy EffieMae.

[leftynyc]

33. RIP EffieMae

I hope there is a heaven for her - she certainly earned it.