Just Another Part of Life

I was looking at my posts, and realized I never told the rest of the story of my mother-in-law.  She passed away on February 5th.  She never recovered f rom her brain surgery.  She tried to will herself better so that she could at least go home.  We had to put her and my father in law in a assisted care facility.  This is where she further declined.  She broke her wrist and shoulder trying to get out of bed about 2 1/2 weeks before she died.  She died on a Tuesday around 12 noon.  My husband got the call at work.  It was the end of another chapter in our lives.  We were blessed to be able to go see her the Saturday before she passed away, and my husband thought to bring a voice recorder and asked her what she wanted for her funeral.  He asked her who she wanted to speak there, and she just shrugged her shoulders, then he said jokingly, "how about Margaret?"  she got a mischeivious grin on her face and shook her head yes.  I thought why me?  I don't even know if I could without falling apart.  She was like a mother to me since my mother passed away.  But as fate would have it, I did speak at her funeral.  I realized what an important role she played in all of our lives, and preparing for the talk, was healing for me.  I hope she was proud.  We miss her, we have been working on cleaning their home up and have put it up for sale.  Today we heard from the hospice nurse, that my father in law is not doing well.  We may be preparing for another funeral so soon.  After that more than half of my husband's family will have crossed over, what a joyful reunion it will be when our turn comes :)