So now that its over, I can officially declare September the worst month ever.  It should have been a joyous, if not stressfull, month since Morgan was here and we had to adjust to being parents.  However, not only did we have to be new parents, but we had to deal with a parent passing away.  Now that would be a parent for each of us, so two deaths in less than two weeks.  Of course for me one was harder than the other.  My mom and I were pretty close, at least until the last few years.  We were still close but not the gotta talk to each other every day or even every week close.  I know I got busy and did not take the time to call, I regret that now.

We found out that Andy’s dad had passed away right after the holiday (Labor Day) and then the following Tuesday my mom went into the hospital and passed away on the following Sunday (Sept 20).   At least with Andy’s dad we did not have to do much to finalize things, Andy’s mom and brother took care of most of that, thank goodness.  With my mom however, she was as unprepared to go as we were for her to.  She had no will and no life insurance.  It was hard to go thru all the paperwork and to know what we were supposed to do.  I kept sitting there going ok what do we do next?  Where do we start.  Things move pretty quickly that first week.  Honestly if it were not for my sister in law I am sure we would not have accomplished all that we did.  She did a lot of the running around for us and kind of pointed us in the right direction at times.  Anyway we managed to put together a Memorial Service that I am sure mom would have loved, the rest of the stuff is still being worked out.

I have no idea where we will put mom’s ashes, we have not even discussed it yet, but I am sure we will figure something out.  I do know that I refuse to have them sitting in my car or in my basement (which I do not have at the moment) for any length of time.

I am sad to know that Morgan will not have gotten to know her Grandma MJ or her Grandpa Don.  I guarantee she will hear all kinds of stories and see tons of pics (at least of my mom).   We love you mom!