If she was your mother, your love and respect for her grew with the years 

as you came to realize what she had given you...

If she was your wife, the years were all good 

and the difficult moments served only to strengthen the bond...

If she was your grandmother, you had only a tiny bit of the love and happiness

she would have given you and perhaps yours is the greatest loss...

If our sorrow is to be lessened by anything, 

it may be remembering the joy of loving and being loved

by her.