We celebrated my father-in-law’s life last week. It was hard not to call it a funeral—even though my brother-in-law felt strongly about calling it a “celebration of life.” Yes, we want to celebrate the life but it’s also saying goodbye and it felt very much life a funeral to me, a final goodbye, a last […]
The year was 1942. He was 20 years old. A time for fun. A time to date girls. A time for preparing to venture out into the world and make your mark. Instead of doing any of those things my father-in-law, Wallace I. Williams enlisted in the Air Force to defend our country in World […]
I had never been with anyone in the last few days before their passing on to their eternal home… It was early Thursday morning when the call came in. My father-in-law was very close to the end. I had never experienced a call like that. I didn’t know how to feel. Does anyone? My husband […]
