Thank you

Thanks to all of you for commenting and giving love and hugs during this hard time with my mother passing away.
I didn't always comment back but I wanted all of you to know that I appreciate all the wishes and hugs.
It meant a lot.
This was by far the most difficult event that I have ever experienced.
I didn't want to be there day after day watching my Mom slowly pass away.  But there is no where else I wanted or could be besides there.
Even though I tried to be the strongest one, I broke too under all the pressure.
And now that days are passing one after the other I find the pain is easing but will never be gone.
Life does in deed go on.  The disaster in our lives was but a ripple in the ocean for the world.
We got Mom's taxes done today and now just a few little bills to go and then the hospital bills.
I am still looking for the perfect memory box to put all my Mom's collectibles and memories in.  I checked out some antique stores today with little luck.  I did find a full sized cedar chest for $160.00,  It was in pretty good shape but it was bigger than I had hoped for.  I am looking for something 1/2 that size but if I can't find anything else it might have to do.  I would like to find a vintage/antique wooden box, not a new one to store these precious things.  Putting them in a new shiny storage thing would just be wrong some how.