"Sam Nash" wrote:

Ramona (DW) had been going down for two months 3 times a year to give her
older sister some respite from tending to their mother (we live in Seattle,
WA, USA - northwest corner of the "lower 48") and her parents live in
Alabama (Southeast US). She's been doing this for about 4 years now, and
had been down staying with her Mom for almost a month this trip.
Fortunately, she was there during Mom's "final moments". When her Dad
passed away, she was here (Seattle) so she didn't really get to "say
goodbye" in quite the same way.

I'm sorry to hear about your MIL. It's good that Ramona could have
been with her in her last days. It's strange, but it's somehow been
more of a comfort to me when it happens that way. Purrs for you and
your family.