Special Memories of a Final Thanksgiving Meal
Two sisters remember their mother, who died battling cancer shortly after Thanksgiving four years ago
I am Denielle Hall . I am Gabrille Hall .And today we are gonna talk about our mom .
Denielle and Gabrille Hall lost their mother Masha Hall to ..cancer in 2003 .She was 54 .Her daughters came to Storycorp in San Fransico to remember her .
Mom was amazing .She was determined and strong and intense and good at everything she did ,more than everybody else's mom that I knew. She is still better than everybody's mom that we knew .Like the time that she sang me that poem about if you having a bad day bake cake .And if it's still bad ,put on the red dress and after the first time she's been in the hospital , I went out and brought her a red skirt .I read that and give her a pair of red shoes and she would wear her red shoes to the kimo therapy .And she tell everybody there that you can't have a bad day if you are wearing red shoes .I just wish that i could remember her healthy .Yeah .I have pictures of our last Thanksgiving of mom and her pajamas at the table with nine people .She 'd had cancer at that point for 14 years and she had been able to eat and she hadn't been eating for days .And it was the last meal she had ...ten days after that everyone knew she was dying .Now it really kind of shifted our hope ,perspective of Thanksgiving that we really had stuff to be thankful about ,that we had mom .Now I still miss her and I have been telling her that we are gonna be OK .That you are gonna be Ok ,and we would take care of everybody .But she had done everythin she could teach us and love us and raise us and it was time for her to like although we loved and she;s always be with us .That makes Thanksgiving really special that we are spending it together and before we eat we would go around and say what we are thankful for .And it's not something of manner and Thanksgiving is a good time to remember her .