Hug Your Mother Every Day

My sister-in-law's mother passed away on Saturday and yesterday we atteneded the funeral. It was a lovely service, but it was difficult. The woman being honored was the same age as my mother, and sitting next to my own mother, it seemed wrong that she should be gone. She was youthful, in great shape, and presumably healthy. And then she found out she had leukemia.

I've known a couple of other women in the same age bracket who died of leukemia. It's a horribly aggressive form of cancer and it takes its toll quickly, and without exception.

My heart goes out to my sister-in-law, her sister, brothers, nieces and nephews and her own children. I was standing next to her at the restaurant after the funeral and she said to me "It sucks." I agreed. Then she said "Hug your mother every day."

Words to live by.