Karen’s funeral

Thanks to Phyllis for capturing the funeral photos. It was truly a celebration of life. And a wonderful reunion to see so many caring families who took time out of […]

Services….

https://www.woodfuneralhome.com/obituary/Karen-Graves Karen Graves June 20, 1945 ~ September 15, 2021 Obituary Karen Greenwood Gardner Graves, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 15, 2021, at her daughter’s home, after a courageous fight […]

Story time

Mom had a number of dogs in her life, I personally remember Kimchi, Kimchi 2, Kimchi 3? (We lacked creativity those days) Max, Toby. But no cats. Mom was “allergic” […]

It’s over

I’ll post funeral arrangements as soon as I know. Forever in our hearts. Love you mom. Goodbye for now.

Thanks!

She’s still breathing and heart beating at this moment, but reflexes are gone, no cognitive function at all. But we have the meds perfect, between morphine 30 minutes and anxiety […]

Prayers

We could use all the thoughts and prayers you can give. Bishop Campbell and Brother Zohner gave mom a blessing. I have been alerting family. Morphine every hour, she’s not […]

It won’t be long now

She’s lost all strength to stand or even lift her arm to scratch her nose. Her breathing is shallow with long periods of gasping. She’s unable to clear her throat. […]

Sleepy

She’s having such a hard time just staying awake. She’s falling asleep anywhere and it’s a restless sleep. Eating and drinking are minimal. Tonight she had tears on her cheek. […]

Karen

Still hanging in there. She is healthy due to lots of caretaking diligence. Between Kristy, Jen, myself and the hospice team, she may live another year at this pace 🤷🏼‍♀️. […]

Things that make sense

There are many items that are necessary in our lives now, that I had never thought about before mom moved in. But I can’t imagine how we would survive without […]