Another Loss

   Thank you all for your kindness and comments on my last blog post about Remmie.  You helped give me peace in that situation.  It was not an easy thing to have to do, but I know that it had to be done.

   Shortly after I posted by previous blog post, my husband got a call from his estranged sister.  I knew the minute that she called what it was about.  Their father had passed away and she was letting him know.

   My husband took it in his own stoic way.  We let our boys know and spent yesterday with our son Jaysn who asked us to join him for some bowling.  I think it was good for Jeff, Jaysn and I to be together.  Chris had to work, and Josh is in Utah and was working there as well.  Chris and Jeff talked, and Josh and I have been in contact with each other today.  It has been hard on all of us. 

   We had been cut off from Jeff's parents (their choice) for years.  It was not because of something we had done, but because of the actions of others.  Even though we had gone through the mourning process when that happened, the finality of his father's actual passing away hurts.  I'm not going into any more details than that other than to say we are going to take care to guard our own peace.  

   I am so very thankful for the closeness that we shared with our kids (that includes our "daughters" that married our sons) and our grandkids.  I am also grateful to my parents and siblings who love my hubby as their own and who have been there for all of us throughout the years.   I am very aware of how much a blessing that is.