Betsey, Just caught up with you. I'm so sorry to read about your MIL. Like Meredith said, things happen when they do for a reason. Just as you said that big events come along to help the big D along, well, they also come along to help reconsiliation. As a matter of fact, remember the funeral I was nervous about going to last month? Well, the brother of my friend was in quite a pickle...he was attending with his girlfriend, yet trying to be a "family" with his STBXW and 2 daughters. Just last week my friend told me that the death of their father was a huge eye-opener to her brother. He decided to try to make things work with his wife. If anything, Betsey, it is a reminder that life is just too short.
