Hi all --
I haven't been posting much lately -- my mom went into the hospital with heart problems, she came out of that ok but at the same time my brother-in-law in upstate NY was not doing well, and we lost him the last Sunday in August. My husband is the youngest of 7,and the one that passed away was the oldest. We drove up to NY (my husband uses a wheelchair and we wanted our own van for transportation while we were there, so it meant 2 days to get there, and 2 days to get back home) and went to the funeral and spent all of our time with family which helped us to deal with the loss. My BIL was a great guy, everyone loved him, he played in a country/western band that had a large following in the area, plus belonged to several organizations, and I couldn't believe the number of people that turned out for the memorial service. It was amazing to think that he had touched so many lives.
It's still hard to believe he's gone.