Ya'll are so sweet!!
Thank you for your support!
The service was yesterday and the weather was perfect. In his 4 page note to his mom, the ex had requested hymns and singers and the preacher he wanted. All were available. And friends and family came from several states to be there. There was a very large crowd to see him off.
I was on very good terms with his family pre-divorce and was welcomed back by all. So glad I took the high road back then and didn't burn any bridges. The girls need all the family to get them through this! They were all very sweet to my DH as well.
After the service we all went back to his mom's and tried to make a dent in the mountain of food that was brought. After a few hours, DH & I left and let the girls stay with the family for the night.
Today we went back and had a long discussion about the house and taking care of the estate. Since we're closer, we'll do a lot of the prep work. Based on what we know, there really won't be anything left to provide for the girls later on. Sad, but he apparently had a great deal of debt. I am not surprised. Money was a great deal of stress for us when we were married.
So now we try to live and soak this in and get the house ready for sale. His mom will come over the mountain to do a deed transfer, and will help her get from building to building to take care of anything we couldn't do without her.
In the meantime, I shared chicks with GrannyPat and a friend from work. The 3 we kept for DD2 to show are adorable and were well cared for by our neighbor.
And I got extra cuddle love from the millies. They missed me last week
Hopefully I'll have enough time to tend 3 babies and the grown chickens a little better soon. But the next few weeks will still be really busy.