Amy,
I am so sorry to hear about your family's great loss with Minnie's passing. As so many others have stated, she was upbeat, pragmatic, and willing to take the bull by the horns when it came do dealing with this dreaded disease, and was always there for others. I too, like Nelie and Gary, Donna and a few others am an old hand here who has been around a pretty long while and got the chance to read so many of your mom's wonderful posts, and I remember enjoying viewing her website as well.
Nowadays, sometimes it seems like cancer is so far behind me and so remote, that it hardly crosses my mind. I don't come to this site too often anymore and I expect to go on living to an old age like everyone else around me. However your mom's passing reminds me that those of us here, maybe more than other people, had better live our lives and enjoy our loved ones while we can.

Regards,
Danny G.