what would you do?

Yesterday afternoon they buried my ex-mother-in-law. My son's grandmother. I did not go to the funeral or graveside but my son (age 38) texted me about 4pm that everyone had left and he was still there. He said he just wasn't ready to leave yet. I asked if he wanted me to come sit with him. He said yes. So I sat and shared as many memories of her life as I could. Pretty soon, he started telling me things that he recalled from his childhood about her and we were both laughing.He was so incredibly close to her, loved her so much, and this devastated him. She had been in a near vegetative state in a nursing home the past few months and we all expected/anticipated her passing. Still, when it happens, it's not easy.She was a truly wonderful woman. She always treated me like her daughter - always welcomed me into her life.After about an hour of sitting on the ground, talking with my son, 4 cars came back into the cemetery. He had told me that everyone had gone back to the funeral home for a dinner. Out of these cars stepped my ex-husband, his brothers and his sister. I had not seen the ex in 20 years and did not recognize him until he said my name. What a shock!! I had seen the siblings in the past few years and knew them immediately.The ex and I are amicable - we just live in different states and have no reason to run into each other. So we chatted for a bit. He said that he got in the night befor...
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