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CanCan, I'm so sorry to learn of your mother-in-law's passing.
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oh, my cancan, I'm so sorry - I'm just now seeing this but I'm sure you've been busy these past few days - probably even more so today I'm assuming but I feel you'll need us more after today - so please come check back in with us and let us know you both are doing - and again, I'm so so sorry
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I'm so sorry to hear that. When a loved one passes away unexpectedly, I think back to a friend of my parents who told me stoutly on my father's death: "better for him, worse for you." I found that a bit rough as consolation goes, but perhaps it is true that your MIL was spared an undignified decline. I hope your husband is able to come to terms with it, all in good time.
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Even the most expected death is a little bit of a shock, but I can tell neither of you thought the time was even near. My mom was IN a residential hospice and I was still in shock the morning she actually passed; we thought she had longer and so did they - we'd just paid a month rent for their longer term program since she seemed to have stabilized in the first week there. Something like this happened to my cousin too; her mom (my aunt) had turned into a hoarder and all, but was still working crosswords and going to church with her, maybe was going to move in with her at her parish in WV...well, she went and died at home unexpectedly before any of those plans could happen. They found her in the bathroom when she did not answer the phone or pick up a paper.

You may look back and realize things were going down hill, but you just can't see it coming for the ones you love.

Here's hoping you and hubby have faith and good memories to bring you comfort, strength to get through the funeral and working with the house, and that the difficult times you've just been through can quickly pale in comparison to the better ones.
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