Thanks to all who have contacted me about the posts in this blog. Hopefully, others can be helped by our journey. I am doing well and adjusting to living alone with just the cat. One of the hardest things is making decisions since they affect no one but me. When another person is involved, there is often a stronger leaning in one direction. When it is just me, it sometimes doesn't really matter what I do.

I invited a college student to spend the summer here and that was a good arrangement. His family lives in a small farming community about 2 hours away. He goes to college in another state. He secured a summer internship at our art musuem and needed a place to stay.

For the funeral we made a video of photos through the years. Then, out of the kindness of his heart and without our knowledge, the videographer came to the funeral and filmed it. He provided copies of the entire service for me and each of my children. I watch it from time to time and remember the immense kindness of so many people.