My Mother had a wonderful life. Born August 28 1925, she grew up in Cincinnati Ohio during the depression, the daughter of parents with strong German heritage. When we celebrated her 97th birthday in August 2022 with most members of her now large family attending, we had no reason to suspect that it would be our last birthday celebration. She took an unexpected negative turn a few days into April with an out of the blue diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia. The morning of April 8 2023 she left us. I got to have 74 years with her so no complaints or regrets about our time together.