My Mom was three days older than my Dad, she claimed senority in some matters because of it.  Mom was born at home in Nanton, Alberta Canada on this Dec 27th day in 1924 and died at The Bethany in Calgary, Alberta Canada Dec 5, 1997 aged 72 years, days short of 73 years.  Of course I loved her and I miss her, the same is true of my sister and others who knew her.  I saved this as a draft and when I returned to it I discovered that I’m not yet willing to share feelings about this topic in such a public forum.  So will just mark the date and move on.