I'm sitting here at the computer

Putting off going to deliver the news to Mom that her brother-in-law passed away last night.

Knowing that another chapter in life has concluded in our family.

Mom now has only one surviving sister-in-law on her side of the family.

My heart aches for her--she just lost her last sister a month ago.

We've gone to more funerals this year than any year I remember.


This is really hard.