Written by We lost my Mother-In-Law last week.
This was her second battle with cancer and it spread too far, too quickly.
Watching her bravely surrender to this hideous disease proved so much harder than I ever could have imagined.
I think the hardest part was watching her body and brain deteriorate into something we didn’t recognize anymore.
You know, we always hear people say, “capture every moment because you never know…tomorrow isn’t promised.”
In many ways, I felt that I had done that in life. But watching someone die, those words can never be more true.
With every visit, we clung to every memory, every conversation, and every hug she was able to give.
Even now, just one week later I’m struck by the fact that none of us can pick up the phone and call her, ask her a question, or just plain laugh together.
In 2008 she lost her husband tragically to an aortic aneurysm.
She was never quite the same since that day. But her bravery in going through life without her one true love was really incredible to watch.
My heart is filled with so much peace thinking of them together again…probably dancing and laughing.
As we go through the grieving process these days, we are working on trying to focus less on the sorrow and more on the wonderful memories.
But hey, it’s a journey, right?