Passing

We got the call at 4:44 this AM
Shirley's mother had passed away.

I guess we all knew that it was coming.
Shirley's brother had spent the night with Thelma.

Puts my minor surgery in perspective.
Minor with capital M

At least she died at home, as she had wished.
All her children had gotten to see her yesterday, going over family scrapbooks.

She was the antithesis of the "Mother-in-law"
Sweet and kind, always with a smile, a chuckle or laugh, never a complaint.