User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/My MIL passed away/@comment-1874924-20100616041405

Nice to meet you, TDAFan99, even under circumstances such as these. Yes, my family is as well as can be expected. It's been an emotional rollercoaster for my wife and her brother. Not so much for me, as I noted in an earlier comment.

I've been to two funerals before. Several years ago, a woman whom I met through my sports photography commissioned me to photograph her father's funeral, which was a military service. Last year, my sister's FIL committed suicide, so I got to see a traditional Jewish funeral.

In addition, I've been to two memorial services (not the actual funerals) for coworkers who died in the last couple of years.