Oh! One other memory of when my mom was in hospice.
My mom never drank alcohol, but in her last week, she suddenly said she wanted a beer and asked me to go to the store to buy some.
I was totally in shock, but also thinking “who am I to deprive this dying woman of her last wish to drink a beer?” so I went to the store and grabbed a sampler pack of beer.
I headed back and asked her which one she wanted to try and she laughed and said:
“Oh, I don’t want a beer. I just thought you and your dad could each have one so you could stop being so uptight and SERIOUS about everything.”