I miss Betty. She was my mother-in-law who passed away three years ago in August.
Our lives have changed so much since her passing. I truly believe, whether this seems right or not to say, that God chose "her time" correctly. It was His grace that showed mercy on her. She lived over 20 years with paralyzingly effects of a stroke at the young age of 48 and as much as she overcame her disabilities (this woman could peel and apple or potato one handed like you wouldn't believe) her body could no longer sustain its demands. I'm not sure how well she could have emotionally handled Paul's cancer. She was a worrier by nature and to know that her youngest of nine kids, the one who was there to see her day in and day out, was sick would have been devastating to her.
I take comfort in the fact that she doesn't worry about Paul since she has the knowledge in Heaven to know our ultimate plan. I smile knowing she is walking again, running if she so chooses. She's got endless garage sales to attend with the best deals, countless babies to cuddle and coo at, family that have gone before to talk and reminisce with and she gets to eat all the fast food she wants without consequence.
I hope anyone else who is reading this right now and missing Betty can smile knowing these things are true.
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