Why?

In a previous post I mentioned that my best friend's mom has been fighting pancreatic cancer for the last little while.  It all started about a month and a half ago, when her mum got the stomach flu.  She never really got any better from that, so their doctor recommended going in for some tests to see if it was something more than that, and we now know that it was.  Eventually, the cancer overtook her entire liver, and the family has just been doing their best to make her happy and comfortable for the last 2 weeks; they knew it was only a matter of time.   And they were sadly right; at 12:30 this morning, she went to be with her Lord and Saviour.
I actually balled my eyes out, and I never cry!!  This sounds awful, but I barely even cried when my own grandfather died... I guess I just didn't know him as well as I knew Mrs. L.  But now she's with her baby boy :-) (she'd miss-carried once)  You'd think this will be so hard for my friend, but my other friend saw her and her family early this morning and said that she couldn't believe how peaceful they were :-) My dear friend was even smiling - what faith!!  You'd be so impressed with her strength if you knew the full story of what she's had to contend with, and how she's done!! Regardless of that fact that she's a little younger than I am (and shorter :-P ), I look up to her like crazy, I've never met anyone smarter or more level headed.

Side note, 'cause she'll probably read this - Meg, I'm SO lucky to have you around, I love you :-) Thanks for being such an amazing example of what God can do, and what He looks like in our everyday lives

I can almost guarantee that this will raise a lot of tough questions for her family.... pretty much all of the questions you can think of that start with 'why?'
Pray that Jesus will hold them, and make them all even stronger for this.
May the glory be to you, God.