Blog break...not by choice!

I shall return....
My mother-in-law, whom I adore, has been in and out of the hospital 3 times in as many weeks. We finally got her home, and she was pretty perky, but suddenly took a turn for the worst yesterday. I've suspected that she has been "shutting down" and hospice came out and pretty much confirmed that. It's been one year since my husband's dad passed away. She has been a tough fighter, breast cancer survivor (they did a mastectomy 10 years ago and sent her home the same day; she refused chemo and radiation and has had no return of any cancer), she has broken a hip and come through, she has COPD and is on oxygen 24/7 and breathing treatments (long time smoker who stopped with all the inlaws with the birth of our kids), has lived on a really bad diet for years. Youngest of ten kids, all of whom lived long lives well into 80's and 90's. She and a sister remain. Katherine Hepburn lookalike, tall, slender, spry, and almost 83 years old.
I think she's just tired and ready to move on.