I am sorry. I hope passage for your aunt goes as smoothly as it did for my grandmother, who left the hospital under hospice care only yesterday, and passed away this morning. She was ready to go. It is not for her that I grieve, but for those of us who will miss her.

I know things look very bleak to you right now, but I have been homeless and unbearably poor, and it need not end all hope of life. That pit can be climbed out of. I hope you are already in touch with programs that can help you. Please surround yourself with people who want to do that. But don't bury your mother just yet. Your aunt is under the care of hospice, but you haven't said anything to indicate that your mother's end is near. If you fear being alone and homeless when she passes, you might want to take measures now to see that this doesn't happen.

If prayers are welcome, I am praying for you.