03/09/2024
(A repost from my personal page, but our podcast listeners needed the update too).
For the past two years my mother has been struggling with cancer. The same cancer she had before when she had several surgeries where they cut out half her tongue. She had to learn to talk again, but she went into remission. This time she kept it private and begged/demanded we do the same.
She died on the 27th.
I am not a Facebook person anymore (or really any social media), but I am posting this here because many of you know her and I wanted to let everyone know what happened.
I am a wreck. To friends I really only see on here in groups, you won't see much of me. My mom was as close to me as Tony or my brother Mark. We had ALWAYS been close. No matter how much we drove each other crazy, we couldn't tear ourselves away from each other. I lost one of my 3 best friends in this entire world. I lost my role model, my teacher, my writing companion, part of my world. My mom, who would hug me several times a day and we never went a day without saying I love you multiple times. My world has been shattered because I was a part of her and her a part of me. My life is surrounded with pieces of her, with things I am and do and say and think because of her.
If you're on the forums on her site, here is the link to the notice and it would be cool to share your own experiences with her:
https://hollyswritingclasses.com/forum/threads/about-holly.15413/
I am going to be offline trying to pick up the freaking shattered remains of this part of my life and figuring out how to glue it all back together. But if I can, I will bury myself in my writing. Because that is what she loved and above all would want for me.
