Tribute
For almost 28 years, I had the best
mother-in-law a man could ask for.
Sadly, she passed away recently.
She went quickly, with both of her kids there with her. She was active to the end, spending this past
Thanksgiving and Christmas with us and a New Year’s Eve party with her friends
in Carlsbad.
I met her back in 1985, when she was about the
age my wife is now. We connected
immediately, and not only because she knew there was a possibility I’d be
taking her daughter off her hands. She
was as sweet then as she was during her recent Christmas stay. She enjoyed my humor and was able to give as
good as she got. She married her second husband the same year my wife and I
married. The term “wonderful woman” came up more than once in the many sympathy
cards we have received. She was indeed.
She did not always have an easy road. Her first husband suffered an extended
illness, and passed away when she still had kids to support. She did a great job with them and never lost
her positive spirit. She lost her second
husband three years ago, caring for him until the end.
Yet she was always able to provide emotional
support to others. Her dozens of friends
can attest to that. She was with me the
day I found out my newborn son had Down Syndrome. I was devastated, but she assured me that
things would work out. She was right.
I imagine it was this same caring approach that
made her a beloved teacher, gently ushering bewildered early grade students
into their academic lives. When she retired, she enjoyed domestic and
international travel as well as her many social engagements with San Diego
friends that stretched back more than half a century.
She will be missed but never forgotten.
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