This is my Uncle F's girlfriend, and she's been a godsend to our family. She took incredible care of my grandmother while she was ill - even to the point of getting into the shower with my grandmother to bathe her, because Gram wouldn't let the folks at her care home do it. She bought new clothes and shoes for Grandma, made her meals, drove her around, and handled her moods and frustrations. Toward the end Grandma wasn't very lucid, but she had moments where you could tell her circumstances were frustrating the hell out of her. That's when Grandma would propel food across restaurants and proclaim it "crap".

This wonderful woman took care of nearly all the arrangements for Grandma's wake and funeral. She arranged for Grandma's belongings to be delivered from the nursing home. She was in constant contact with Grandma's caregivers and doctors right up until the end - if Susan or I wanted to know anything, we asked her. As Susan and I said to her, "We've said "Thank you" to you so much, we're just going to have "Thank you, S", tattooed on our foreheads."