My mother passed away at about 2:30am today. She suffered a stroke, coma and brain hemorrhaging finally to die quietly in her deep, painless sleep. She survived many close calls in her life. Many of which she should not have but, her tenacious spirit saw her through my two older sisters time growing up and mine to the end. She would have turned 57 this August. We may have had our moments but who doesn't when you are the best of friends and close family? I Love her dearly and will miss her to no end. I was there at the hospital with her when she passed. I only wish she could have woken up long enough to say good-bye to her youngest child. I will always remember her and be as strong for my family and our friends as she was for us all.