In memory of...
Sandra Kaye Hogwood
Born: August 15th, 1942
Passed: May 15th, 2008

Here's a page I was hoping would be a long time before I had to write it. It's been almost a month since my Mom passed away and I still expect her at the door at certain times of the day for her pills and stuff. I'm not sure I've really realized or it's hit yet that she really is gone and not coming back this time.

On Monday my Mom went out to lunch with an old family friend and came home a little depressed as she always did when she talked to an old friend about my Dad. She was pretty quiet the next day but by Wednesday she was pretty much back to normal. Wednesday evening her and Ron had an argument so neither of us thought anything of it when she hadn't came to get her pills by dinner Thursday, it was normal for her to hide in her room if she thought someone might be upset with her. I'd heard her let her dog out a couple times and when Ron had dinner ready I asked him to go get her and get her to eat dinner. A few minutes later my life changed forever when he came back and told me to call 911 because she wasn't breathing. Police, ambulances, and a few hours later I sat in shock as the vehicles began to pull away.

How can someone be so alive one minute and gone the next? I've lost all 4 grandparents, more friends than I can count and now both parents and it still makes no sense to me.

I'm going to try to add to this page as things become easier to think about but I wanted to honor my Mom in some way.