I think most of us expect those close to us to be there for a long, long time. When someone unexpectedly passes on, it can be really shocking and sad. My mom passed on last week and we're having services for her on Monday. She was a really good mom and I'm really sad that she's gone. My sisters & I spent a lot of time together with her but it doesn't seem like enough and now I'm really filled with regret that I didn't do even more to spend time with her. I keep thinking things like, it was our last Christmas we her already, our last Mother's Day w/ her, her Birthday was next month (she would have been 71) so our last one w/ her was almost a year ago....
For the memorial service, each of us siblings are putting pictures of her on a poster board that will be displayed along with her things like her yearbooks from high school and college, as well as photo albums she had. I'm going to put out the Easter Eggs she made that she put out every year. They're really nice.
Anyway, it's a rather sad thing & I just wanted to get it off my chest a bit.
& here's a picture from when my mom and dad were first married....my mom was really proud of it:
I lost my father last year, i'm still not over it. But time does heal our souls, it will take some time...God Bless! 
