January 2005 - for some strange reason I decided to invite my Disney Mom on our 2nd annual Disney World vacation. Now who in their right mind invites their mother to spend a week in a hotel with their DH, DD(13) and DS(6)?? Well me that's who! Made reservations at POR (because 5 can fit in a room). 
April 2005 - Spring break finally arrives. I purchased my Disney Mom a plane ticket to fly from Nevada to Florida, with her arriving a week earlier than the rest of us. My sister lives in Florida, but their relationship was strained. Figured it couldn't hurt either of them to spend a few days together. Why I did this I will never know! But it worked out good, they had quality time together and mended a few fences.
My mother joined us at Disney and we had a great time. Took a lot of photos. Only one problem - I am a Disney Kamakaze and my mom ended up with blisters on her feet! Sorry Mom! But we all had a great time!
Believe it or not my favorite moment with my mother at Disney was late at night a couple of times. We needed to do laundry, so went to the laundry room in the late night hours, did our laundry and sat outside in lawn chairs near the quiet pool and just talked. Not only was she my mom, she was my best friend also. We had lots of fun Disney moments, but this was my favorite
Which brings me to my 2nd favorite Disney moment with Mom. Our first time ever at Typhoon Lagoon. We are in the Lazy River (me, DM, DS(6)) we really weren't sure what would happen on the river, would there be rapids or what. DS started floating away, so I told my Mom, "grab his handle" meaning the handle on the innertube. A few seconds later I looked over and my Mom was holding his handle all right! She grabbed ahold of him, couldn't see real well what she was holding, so here they were both floating down the lazy river with Grandma holding his private "handle" area!
Last day of Vacation - The last time I seen my mother was when my husband took her to the airport at about 4:00 am to catch her flight home. I gave her a hug and a kiss, cracked a wise joke about my morning breath and watched her walk out the door.
May 7, 2005 - back home to reality. What a great vacation, now I'm sitting at the baseball field, the day before Mother's Day watching DS play Little League baseball. Received a call from my stepfather, my 59 year old mom (in perfect health) had an aneurysm (blood vessel burst in brain) and was at hospital. We rushed to her side and arrived to see her on Mother's Day.
May 9, 2005 - My sister and I spent a wonderful mother/daughter day with my mom, even though she was in a coma. We gave her a pedicure and painted her toenails, because we were going to do that in Florida, just didn't have enough time. Her blisters from Disney were still on her feet. Later that evening we had to make a decision to disconnect her life support. Her brain damage was severe, she was having massive strokes and nothing could be done.
While we were in Florida the Terry Schaivo case was being shown on TV. Because of that my Mom discussed in detail what she would/would not want us to do in a case like that. It made our decision easy, we knew exactly what she wanted. What it didn't do was make us miss or love her any less.
May 10, 2005 - Mom passed away 9 hours after being taken off life support. She was the world's greatest mom & my best friend.
I'm not a very religious person, but I really think that God had something to do with the planning of last year's Disney vacation. He allowed us to have one last Magical Moment with her. Her grandchildren will never forget their vacation with Granny at Disney World! My DD (13) will never forget the wonderful special time her and Granny had taking the boat from POR to Downtown Disney and shopping, just the two of them.
Fast Forward to January 2006 - what should we do for Spring Break this year? Is it right to go to Disney without Granny, will it be to painful for everyone, will the memories just be too much??? We finally decided to go ahead, she would want us to. I spent a lot of time crying while making Disney plans and reservations, not the usual excitement. Almost wondered if I made a mistake, maybe I should cancel.
April 2006 - Went to Disney, stayed at Pop Century and had a wonderful time. Just couldn't stay at POR, too many memories of walking down the paths in the evening, hanging by the pool.
Yes there were moments of tears this year. My mother wanted to go to Epcot, but we ran out of time, she really wanted to go on the Soarin ride. Well she was cremated, so I took along about 1/2 teaspoon of her ashes in a sandwich baggie on vacation. Put her in my fanny pack and gave her a good view of the screen. I am sure she would have loved it. Of course everyone that seen my sister and I crying in line to get on Soarin probably thought we were crazy!
I have been traveling and sprinkling a small amount of my mother's ashes wherever I go. I plan on spending the rest of my life enjoying myself and making sure she gets to see the world.
April 5, 2006 - last day of Spring Break vacation at Disney. My mom had a wonderful time here last year and I found the perfect place to sprinkle a little of her ashes on Disney property. I didn't cry, but instead smiled up and looked at the sunny Florida sky and realized that a part of my mom will be at the Happiest Place on Earth forever, the last place I ever saw her.
This was written in memory of my wonderful Disney Mother. Thank you Mom for giving birth to me just blocks from Disneyland and for all of the wonderful Disneyland trips and memories you gave me as a child. I felt like I grew up at Disneyland. And thank you so much Mom for giving me and my family one last Magical Moment with you at Disney World!
April 2005 - Spring break finally arrives. I purchased my Disney Mom a plane ticket to fly from Nevada to Florida, with her arriving a week earlier than the rest of us. My sister lives in Florida, but their relationship was strained. Figured it couldn't hurt either of them to spend a few days together. Why I did this I will never know! But it worked out good, they had quality time together and mended a few fences.
My mother joined us at Disney and we had a great time. Took a lot of photos. Only one problem - I am a Disney Kamakaze and my mom ended up with blisters on her feet! Sorry Mom! But we all had a great time!
Believe it or not my favorite moment with my mother at Disney was late at night a couple of times. We needed to do laundry, so went to the laundry room in the late night hours, did our laundry and sat outside in lawn chairs near the quiet pool and just talked. Not only was she my mom, she was my best friend also. We had lots of fun Disney moments, but this was my favorite
Which brings me to my 2nd favorite Disney moment with Mom. Our first time ever at Typhoon Lagoon. We are in the Lazy River (me, DM, DS(6)) we really weren't sure what would happen on the river, would there be rapids or what. DS started floating away, so I told my Mom, "grab his handle" meaning the handle on the innertube. A few seconds later I looked over and my Mom was holding his handle all right! She grabbed ahold of him, couldn't see real well what she was holding, so here they were both floating down the lazy river with Grandma holding his private "handle" area!
Last day of Vacation - The last time I seen my mother was when my husband took her to the airport at about 4:00 am to catch her flight home. I gave her a hug and a kiss, cracked a wise joke about my morning breath and watched her walk out the door.
May 7, 2005 - back home to reality. What a great vacation, now I'm sitting at the baseball field, the day before Mother's Day watching DS play Little League baseball. Received a call from my stepfather, my 59 year old mom (in perfect health) had an aneurysm (blood vessel burst in brain) and was at hospital. We rushed to her side and arrived to see her on Mother's Day.
May 9, 2005 - My sister and I spent a wonderful mother/daughter day with my mom, even though she was in a coma. We gave her a pedicure and painted her toenails, because we were going to do that in Florida, just didn't have enough time. Her blisters from Disney were still on her feet. Later that evening we had to make a decision to disconnect her life support. Her brain damage was severe, she was having massive strokes and nothing could be done.
While we were in Florida the Terry Schaivo case was being shown on TV. Because of that my Mom discussed in detail what she would/would not want us to do in a case like that. It made our decision easy, we knew exactly what she wanted. What it didn't do was make us miss or love her any less.
May 10, 2005 - Mom passed away 9 hours after being taken off life support. She was the world's greatest mom & my best friend.
I'm not a very religious person, but I really think that God had something to do with the planning of last year's Disney vacation. He allowed us to have one last Magical Moment with her. Her grandchildren will never forget their vacation with Granny at Disney World! My DD (13) will never forget the wonderful special time her and Granny had taking the boat from POR to Downtown Disney and shopping, just the two of them.
Fast Forward to January 2006 - what should we do for Spring Break this year? Is it right to go to Disney without Granny, will it be to painful for everyone, will the memories just be too much??? We finally decided to go ahead, she would want us to. I spent a lot of time crying while making Disney plans and reservations, not the usual excitement. Almost wondered if I made a mistake, maybe I should cancel.
April 2006 - Went to Disney, stayed at Pop Century and had a wonderful time. Just couldn't stay at POR, too many memories of walking down the paths in the evening, hanging by the pool.
Yes there were moments of tears this year. My mother wanted to go to Epcot, but we ran out of time, she really wanted to go on the Soarin ride. Well she was cremated, so I took along about 1/2 teaspoon of her ashes in a sandwich baggie on vacation. Put her in my fanny pack and gave her a good view of the screen. I am sure she would have loved it. Of course everyone that seen my sister and I crying in line to get on Soarin probably thought we were crazy!
I have been traveling and sprinkling a small amount of my mother's ashes wherever I go. I plan on spending the rest of my life enjoying myself and making sure she gets to see the world.
April 5, 2006 - last day of Spring Break vacation at Disney. My mom had a wonderful time here last year and I found the perfect place to sprinkle a little of her ashes on Disney property. I didn't cry, but instead smiled up and looked at the sunny Florida sky and realized that a part of my mom will be at the Happiest Place on Earth forever, the last place I ever saw her.
This was written in memory of my wonderful Disney Mother. Thank you Mom for giving birth to me just blocks from Disneyland and for all of the wonderful Disneyland trips and memories you gave me as a child. I felt like I grew up at Disneyland. And thank you so much Mom for giving me and my family one last Magical Moment with you at Disney World!
She was also my best friend. We had a huge fight last September and haven't spoken to each other since. Makes me think twice about how what seemed like such a huge deal then maybe isn't that big of a deal now. 
