User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/My MIL passed away/@comment-1874924-20100609030547

Thanks, everyone. Although my MIL and I got along well, we were never all that close, so this is obviously much harder on my wife than on me. At least she had time to come to terms with the situation to some degree.

Our biggest concern right now is for my BIL, a mama's boy who never left home and who hasn't worked regularly in several years. He doesn't seem capable of much initiative, and there is some evidence that he may be mildly autistic.

By the bye, Chimmy, I like your choice of words.