Not Again!

This morning my wonderful daughter-in-law, Jill, passed away from colon cancer. She leaves behind my son, Ryan, and their sweet 7 year old, Nathan. We are all devastated. She had fought a long, hard battle for four years with this disease. Ryan was told a few days ago she had only two or three weeks left but her poor body just couldn't take it anymore. Jill fought this cancer with everything she had and still kept her sense of humor about it. After sitting with her in January and watching what she went through with the chemo treatments, I was in awe of her strength. It does make me sad that she left us thinking that "this" earth life was all there was. I believe her father, her nana, and hopefully my mother were on the other side to welcome her with open arms. In January, I asked her to do me a favor after she died and visit Ryan in some form or another to assure him that she was on the other side of the veil waiting for him. If she discovers that if she was right it was obvious that she couldn't let me know. She was afraid if she visited Ryan and the house was a mess she would have to haunt him. We had a good laugh over that conversation.

She made my son and grandson so happy. Ryan and Jill just celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary in the hospital a few days ago. While sick these last few years she organized many things for Nathan to help with his memories as he gets older. She spent the last few weeks organizing her best friend's wedding. Her friend Jo and fiancee Carl, flew in from England to be with Jill and were married a week ago before Jill's last entrance on Monday into the hospital. She was a dear friend to so many and will be so missed by us all.