My Mom Couldn’t Do Enough For Me When My Wife Died, So I Surprised Her With a Trip to Hawaii
My mom is in her 80s and has long held on to a “bucket list” dream to visit Oahu. If not now, when?
Passages
I lost my dad nearly 14 years ago. He and my mom were together, happily, for nearly 50 years.
Once upon a time they had planned to visit Oahu for a second honeymoon of sorts, a long-held dream trip for them both, though life got in the way and they never made it.
Last November 26, following complications of a hemorrhagic stroke suffered six days prior, I lost my beloved wife, Lorie. My then-82-year-old mom had flown out to California from her home in Florida to visit us, and my middle brother with his family, for Thanksgiving.
Neither my brother nor I told my mom about Lorie until after she arrived. Neither my brother nor I wanted her to worry during the five hour-plus flight.
When Lorie passed, my mom stayed with me for several weeks and cooked meal after meal, stocking my refrigerator and freezer both.
I immortalized her efforts in a Facebook post, which quickly became my most-read social media contribution ever regardless of platform. To my readers, my mom…
