Wow Kerri, I'm sorry about your grandparents and uncle. Must be rough on your mom, but she sounds like a tough old broad (that's a term of respect in Jersey)

and she obviously has a great daughter to help her through.
I get to Disney as often as I can, which,
as you can see by my siggie has been a few times. I'd love to go more but it's just too expensive, so I've taken advantage of
free dining this year and last. Maybe we'll squeeze in one more trip next year for DD's 8th grade graduation, but then that will be it for quite some time. This is the only vacation we take, so I try to go and spend quality time with her before she's too old and doesn't want to spend time with her mom anymore.

At least I've taught her well -- she seems to be just as much of a WDW fanatic as I am.