Hard to Imagine

Today was the funeral for Kathy Yeager.  Cam, Meg, Doug and I were all able to adjust our schedules to be in DeKalb for it.  We were so glad that we did.  It had been a tough month for Dan's family and we all wanted to show our support.  The funeral was nice with a lot of wonderful words spoken about Kim's mom.  All Meg and I kept saying was "Can't imagine having to go through this again."  Watching Jeanette lose her three year battle with cancer was extremely hard.  Having to turn around and do it again with another Grandma would have been just awful.

We went to the graveside service after the funeral.  Kathy will be laid to rest near Jeanette and Drew.  I was glad to see that.  I told Kim earlier in the day that all I could think about at the church was Jeanette waiting at the gates of Heaven, holding Drew's hand, welcoming Kathy home.  I know everyone's vision of Heaven is different, but that image fit well with mine.  After the graveside service we walked to Jeanette's headstone.  The Heinisch children have missed her more and more as the years have past.  It was nice to think of her today as well.

We met the Yeager family at Fanatico's for lunch.  Several of the Faivre cousins were there.  It was nice to catch up with them.  Dan said that many of his cousins were able to attend the viewing last night as well as Uncle Ray.  We were so glad to hear that he had support as we couldn't get there before the end of the viewing.  We spent quite a bit of time talking with Dan.  It has been a long month for them with Kathy's cancer fight and Kim's brother, John, becoming extremely ill.  We stayed for over an hour, catching up and making plans for a return trip.

It was a sad day, but an important one for us to be a part of.  I hadn't cried that much in quite awhile.  As we drove on to Bloomington later that evening I had a lot of time to reflect.  We had spent a great deal of time with the Yeager family over the years.  Kathy and Jeanette had loved their grandchildren immensely.  It was sad to think that Morgan, Cole and Addie would not have that relationship going forward.