Since my last post a great deal has happened. We went to my sister's, near Dayton, for a lovely 5 days of dinner out, shopping, dinner out, more shopping, Thanksgiving Dinner, and more shopping. Thanksgiving was at my nephew's house with more than 25 people. For dinner, we had 2 large turkeys, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, stuffing, corn bread stuffing, macaroni salad, gravy, rolls and pie. I' m sure I forgot something. There was a lot of picture taking and a lot of laughing and talking. All in all it was a fun day. This is my nephew, the master carver, at work.
Later that night we got a disturbing phone call from our sister-in-law. It seemed that our brother, that had been quite ill, had made the decision not to fight anymore. My sister and I were devastated. It was a very long 4 1/2 hour ride home Saturday morning and then another 1 1/2 hour ride to see him and his family. Fortunately we did get to see him before he passed away, although he was not awake at all while we were there. He died very peacefully Sunday noon. There was the viewing and service on Tuesday. It has only been a week, but seems like an eternity.
This picture was taken in July 2010 at a family reunion. Five cousins. Brother Jim being vastly outnumbered.
Enough of the sad. My next blog should be of Christmas and a much more upbeat one. Thanks for letting me ramble.
