I'm sorry for your loss, DDuct. If I can do anything to help, please let me know. God Bless and carry you and your family through this time of grief.

We buried her Monday. It was one of the most beautiful services I have ever attended. The young clergyman, a friend of my stepson, has a great delivery and voice and his message was very soothing. He read my poem and it sounded nothing like I heard it in my head as I was writing it. He also read a eulogy writtem by my wife, and together they have everyone running the gamut of emmotions from laughing to crying. My mother-in-law had dementia for the last ten years and my wife cared for her in our home for most of that time. It was only in the last six months or so that she was beyond her ability to care for her and we had her in a wonderful nursing home where the people loved and care for her deeply. We were with her at the end and while we were laughing at something my stepson said, she left us. She went in her sleep surrounded by the sound of laughter from her family and I can't think of a better way to go. We'll miss her greatly but she is now in a better place.

I don't think anyone could ask for more, surrounded by Love, laughter and family, the things that bring the most comfort in our lives! Be happy for her DDuct. I know God will grace her with the same in heaven.