A Gift of Love
“Did you ever cuss Uncle out for dying”? As I stood in the parking lot of church after the funeral of My Favourite Father In Law (full disclosure, my only Father In Law) I smiled at my nieces question. “Yah”, I replied “a lot over the years. But, not so much now”. I’m glad she asked the question, felt comfortable asking the question. No matter how old we get, there are still things we are curious about. And funerals often bring up curious questions. For me, my day held no questions. The funeral of this good man - a man I’d known for over half my life- was bittersweet. His passing was what he wanted. Both his body and mind were failing him and the life he had lived- a simple life that was full of moments both hard and beautiful- was fading. He had lost My Favourite Mother In Law five years ago and his first born child - My Favourite Husband- a year after that. He had two other wonderful children and grandchildren but as people he loved started passing his world narrowed...
