I wrote this one year ago.. in the midst of covid… I was working on the covid unit at our local hospital since March 2020. Our mom had been in a nursing home since January 2020, when life still moved… … this seems like a lifetime ago… but at the same time like it was yesterday… there is still pain… now it’s a different pain. She’s gone. That’s final. There’s no changing that… She’s at peace now. She’s whole now. She is laughing. She is filled with joy. Her pain is no more. Her struggle is over on this earth. She can see her grand babies better than ever… but…