Part Two of Three: Memorial Service

My mother has been dealing with Dad's death very well, by which I mean I've not seen her collapse with grief. I'm not sure what is the most healthy path for her to take, and I know she'd had several months (since the start of my father's treatment for throat cancer) to process his possible demise ...but still, she's been a rock and I'm pretty sure there's a crash somewhere on her horizon. Mebbe after all the guests leave town, and she looks around her empty house -- at least she has a good support system in Idaho, I think, and a lot of old friends to lean on.
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