Last Friday we lost a dear mother-in-law after an agonizingly long journey with lung cancer and COPD.
The grief is still raw. She has been a quiet, steadfast rock in our family, holding us close always despite the miles and the years.
How do you say Good-bye?
Over these past few months we have watched her body grow more and more frail. The hunger for air dominating every waking moment. The ache in her lungs more acute with each passing day.
Hospice comforted her... and the family... preparing her... preparing us...
And yet, there is never a preparing for the final good-bye.
The loss cuts keenly, but we could never wish her back. Her pain and suffering have been lifted, she has found such a well deserved rest. We could never wish her back... even as we sorrow.
But even in the sorrow we find that love transcends even this boundary. Millie's faith in the Everlasting God and Christ, the Savior-Son, pave the way to an eternal life that we can't begin to imagine!
She is liberated into a freedom beyond compare, and one day we look forward to the grandest reunion of all time.
Such a grand reunion it will be...
Millie, sweet mom-in-law, you have been a God-given Blessing to me. I can't begin to see the future without you in it, but know that your deep love and abiding faith will be a legacy to guide us...
"But from everlasting to everlasting
the LORD's love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children's children."
~ Psalm 103:17
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