Those close to Carrie's Care know very well, that Miss Lyla presented the team of caregivers, professional staff, residents and family with some challenges.  In those instances, although we all didn't get it right away, she gave us all reason to pause and examine the real meaning of THRIVE.   It is in that spirit that we have thanked her for helping us, even at the end of her life's journey—to learn a valuable lesson. 

 Lyla's choices did not always make sense to us--hence the frustration at times.  That's the beauty of it all, they were HER choices and not for us to understand or agree with, but to accept them as just that.  And while she seldom protested verbally, it became very clear during the last few days of her life, that she was determined to "have it her way." 

How self-focused we (who would be left behind) can be sometimes... we wanted her hang around a bit longer than she was prepared to.  In the end, in true Lyla form, she seemed to forgive us for being so damned annoying, still smiling at us (sometimes) as we intruded to ask her to eat or to take her blood sugar or to join us in the dining room... when all along SHE knew what she was preparing for.  Duh... 

 Rest well, Lyla.  Thank you for sharing your life with us—and in the end, for what you taught us about living, through your dying. 

We are better for having known you. We thrive.  

To Bobbie, Brad & Marnie and family—

We trust that you are comforted in the knowledge that you did your very best to take care of your mom... and that she knew it. 

Remember that you will always be a part of the Carrie's Care family and there will always be a place for you at our table.