For the elderly body--dust to dust, ashes to ashes;
what a comfort to have new little bodies stepping into the line. My dear mother-in-law left fourteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren to follow after.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
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THERE'S BEEN AN AWFUL LOT of togetherness, what with the upcoming funeral. By Friday evening all of my mother-in-law's descendants (with one little exception) had arrived in the area, flying and driving through storms that threatened tornadoes. We were happy to welcome each new arrival!
And when everyone was here, we ate the birthday cake... stored in the freezer since that day when the sentiment expressed atop would have been one hundred percent true for my mother-in-law.