My Mom

In the 2am hour of 1/6, we received the horrible phone call that Emily and my mom died. We learned later that it was her heart.
My mom's name is Laurie Marie (Schneider) Thompson and she was 51 years old.
This was completely out of the blue and a devastating shock. The showing was on Thursday, which was extremely difficult and funereal was Friday, which again was very difficult.
We are doing better now, but some days are harder than others and I am not sure it has really sunk in completely yet.
Looking back on my mom's life, I have 2 main things that I think were neat about her.
1. She was not a flashy or showy person. She was content to be where she was in life, but she always seemed glad to hear what other people where doing even if it was something like planting their garden, making plans to remodel their home, or telling her about a vacation they just returned from, she was glad to hear what others had going on.
2. When I was little my mom always made time to play with us. We played Barbies, Smurfs, Cabbage Patch Kids, My Little Ponies, Kitchen, and Care Bears. These are some of my fondest memories of my mom and I really appreciate the time she took to play with us.
I know in her own way, my mom loved me (and all of my sisters) very much.
Thank you for all for the support, prayers and love you have shown to Emily, Andrew and me since my mom's death. It has been amazing and overwhelming, and I can't thank you enough.
Sincerely,
Shannon
This is mom, Gpa and Gma-7/08

This is many of our family members-8/06

L to R, here are mom, Aunt Cathy, Gpa & Aunt Julie-8/06

This is mom, with her granddaughter Jorja, her mom, and her nephew Chas-8/06

This is mom with her dog, Charlie-12/07