I should have stopped after reading that your mother cried for an hour because she was so happy to see you. Your message was very touching. I am still bleary-eyed from my own tears and it's a little hard to focus on the screen. I know from experience (I helped care for my father who died from a cancerous brain tumor) what that time spent with them means...and how heavy it makes your heart. Without a doubt it meant so very much for them to have you and the children there. You gave your mother some normalcy that she most likely needs very much. And, as I believe someone before me said in their thread, it is a time that you will always remember, and that time is one that you can feel good about. Does your mother have a computer? Would she join this Board?
Many blessings to you, Julie, and lots of positive and loving energy are being sent your way.
Rebecca