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IRIS ADA KAY

August 9,1933 - December 6,1990

My Mother-in-law, IRIS

Dear Iris, Well 28 years ago, you and I got off to a bad start, you felt your son Trev was too young to marry and to me a Catholic, horror of horrors, we had a our differences, but they were far and few between, on the surface all looked well,I earn't your respect with the care I took of some of your loved ones, as needed. You had a horrid life, wearing many a whopping for your belief in Jesus, still you stood firm,your spirituality helping you through the trials you had to go through, you were not maternal, yet you had 5 boys,you sewed and sewed, to put bread and butter on your table, you worked hard, you hated housework, you would rather sew, but that was you, gentle and serene in the midst of a chaotic, unhappy, violent, out of your control life, I remember with Love....Kathleen XXXX

I wish................oh how I wish..........

You have Cancer, YOU, who lived a healthy life, never smoked, never drank,a shock went through me as I realized Cancer isn't fussy about it's victims, as we lived 3000kms from you, we followed very carefully what was happening, then it us time for us to go to you, when we saw each other, I looked at your face, I saw the physical and emotional pain, I asked you if you would like a cuddle, (something, that just didn't happen in your family), you said Yes, I crawled up on your bed, lay beside you and wrapped my arms around you, unexpectedly tears rolled down my face mingling with yours, and it hit me, over the years I had learned to LOVE you, we had so much time to catch up on things of the past years, we laughed, giggled, and cried together, we prayed together, we united in a special way, I saw your family was in denial, therefore don't talk about it and it won't happen, this saddened you, you had so much to tell them, and so much wanted to, but through unspoken words they stopped you short. so you and I cried and talked through your fears and worries together,after an okay from the hospice nurse, we started on our long journey home, two days later we got the phone call, you were now being soothed in the arms of Jesus, you could never hurt again, and I knew this would make you happy and content,....fly free dear Mother-in-law, I will catch you up, I Love you, your daughter-in-law Kathleen XXXX

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