As of this posting my father-in-law's memorial service has been over for about four hours. It was an amazing service with the entire family. It was great to see my brother-in-law, cousin's, nieces, nephews and the rest of the family that we haven't seen in 3 Christmas'.
MAC seemed to have done really well until we walked in to the funeral home. When she saw the urn with the remains she broke down. She also realized that "Pop-pop" had not just died from "old age", as the last several deaths had been, but had a disease called Alzheimer's and that he had passed away at a relatively young age.
MAC started questioning: Why would God give us these horrible diseases? Why did people have to die young? Why did God hate our family so much that he would give us depression, Aspergers, and Alzheimer's? She cried and cried and of course we didn't have any answers except that God does love us, and God never gives us more than we can handle.
There is nothing more heartbreaking than hearing your child sob, "Why does God hate us?" In the end she was able to pull herself together and sit through the service. She is looking forward to her memory glass pendant which she should receive in a few weeks.
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