My Mom has now passed. This forum has been a great help to me over the last 6 months. I want to share with everyone the most comforting words spoken at her memorial service:

"Though we will miss her greatly, death has been the ultimate healing for Mary Ann. She is now free of her pain, free of the angst, free of all the limitations these finite bodies and minds impose upon us. Her mind is restored and her spirit soars in new realms of joy and happiness. She has joined the ranks of the infinite, and will continue to be with us, albeit in a new way. We come here to proclaim that life has not ended; only changed."