Tag Archives: Mom
Fern Hicks and Charlene Hicks Sparks

From the Kitchen of Fern Hicks and Charlene Hicks Sparks

My mom was a great cook.  She loved to cook for the entire family and we had some really great food traditions.  One of my favorite dishes mom made was her holiday Buckeyes, a great snack to pop in your mouth to curb the hunger beast. Most of my mom’s recipes came from her mother.  I remember, […]

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Charlene Delores Sparks

We Buried My Mom Today

We buried my mom today. I write as a cathartic release, a way to deal with the emotions that threaten to consume me.  I am not sure what I am trying to say in this blog,  it is very stream-of-conscience, but I need to talk about my mom.  I can’t NOT do this, so here […]

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Mom and me dancing at my wedding

Rest in Peace, Mom

At 12:21pm today my mom, Charlene Delores Sparks, passed away peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her children and loved ones at Florida Hospital, Celebration Health near Orlando, Florida. She was 62 years, 9 months, and 8 days old. I am not going to type an emotional blog here – not yet, maybe never.    Many of […]

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Mom Needs Kidney Dialysis

As you know, mom has been battling a septic fungal infection for a few weeks now.  That infection has prevented her from recovering completely and has stopped the surgeons from finishing her skin grafts so she can go home. The infection is extremely difficult to control.   Fungal infections are notoriously hard to fight because, […]

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Mom’s Fungal Infection

I blogged the day before yesterday about how well Mom was doing.  Her fever was under control and her bacterial infection was under control. Mom was awake, in pain, but communicating with me and she was looking better than she had for weeks.  Her vital signs were stable and she was almost ready to get […]

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Mom’s Latest Status

This post won’t be terribly long. It’s been a while since I updated everyone on mom’s status.  There really hasn’t ben a lot to tell until now. Mom has been in ICU for over two months now.  If you remember from my last post, Mom suffered a setback when the vac on her belly, meant to help close the wound, caused […]

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Update on My Mother

It’s been a month since Mom went into the hospital.  I wrote a blog many of you enjoyed – describing her plight and why this dangerous surgery was necessary.   Since then, the ubiquitous Facebook updates I was posting have slowed down, but Mom’s care has been a constant roller coaster of good days and bad […]

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My Hero: My Mother

My Hero: My Mother

My mom is the strongest, nicest, most compassionate, most loving, and most tenacious woman I know.  She is, simply, amazing. Right now, she’s lying unconscious in ICU at Florida Hospital, Celebration  Health, near Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.  She endured six long, extremely high risk, hours of surgery yesterday and, despite the odds, emerged […]

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