Well guys this is it, the end of the road. Thank you sooo much for the reviews and interest there was in this fic, i am considering writing a sequal or maybe even a prequal, let me know what you guys think, if i do it wont be for a while well at least a month until i am back online. So yeah thank you and i hope u all enjoy the ending. Dont forget to check out 'Linger'.

Chapter Sixteen: Epilogue

10 years later…

Meredith stood in the kitchen of her house putting the finishing touches on thanksgiving dinner. Izzie, Cristina and Callie had been there all day helping her make the perfect thanksgiving dinner. Richard, Mark, Burke, Alex and George all sat in the lounge room watching the football. All the children played outside.

"I think we are all done", Meredith announced. They had been slaving in the kitchen all day, but Meredith knew it would be worth it. She just wanted to have a perfect thanksgiving.

Meredith walked through the lounge room making her way to the backyard where the children were playing. "Madison, Noah, Charlotte, come on time to get ready to eat."

Meredith and Mark had had 3 children Madison Elizabeth was now 10, Noah James was 8 and Charlotte Jade was 5.

Izzie and Alex had gotten married a year after Madison's birth. The wedding was simple but beautiful. Izzie had fallen pregnant with twins not long after the wedding. She and Meredith were pregnant at the same time. She gave birth to one of each, Thalia Lauren and Ryan Alexander just a month before Meredith gave birth to Noah.

Burke and Cristina were still happily married, despite having their many of disagreements. They had briefly separated 7 years ago but reunited when Cristina found out she was pregnant with their second child Matilda Kate. Tyson was now 13 and Matilda 7.

George and Callie had only had the one child due to complications during child birth Callie was told not to risk another pregnancy. Aden Patrick was 9.

All 8 children were very good friends like their parents and all wanted to grow up and be surgeons. That's what happens when children are brought up around a hospital.

Everyone was seated at the table when Meredith walked in holding Charlotte. She sat down next to Mark and placed Charlotte in the seat next to her. Mark placed a kiss on Meredith's cheek. "Are you okay?" he whispered. She nodded lightly at him.

"Thank you everyone for coming, thanksgiving has never really been that important to me but this year I have a lot to be thankful for. I'm thankful for the beautiful family and friends that I have been blessed with, but most of all this year I am thankful to God." Meredith paused, this was hard for her but she wanted to say it. "My mother suffered for many years from Alzheimer's and a rare heart condition, last month God blessed my family by taking her to a better place, she was finally released and set free. And as much as it hurts that she has gone, I know that it's for the best."

Tears slid down Meredith's face as she raised her glass, "So I propose a toast to the late Ellis Grey Webber, extraordinary surgeon, mother and grandmother."

"To Ellis" everyone echoed.

Mark leant over and whispered in Meredith's ear, "I am so proud of you. I love you."

"I love you too", she whispered back placing a soft kiss on his lips. "I love you forever and always."

THE END