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December 22, 2003 at 10:49 am

A week-full...

This is a tough entry. My Weblog has been down for a little over a week and, during that time, much has happened.

Last Monday, December 15, 2003, at approximately 2:35pm, my father-in-law passed away. It wasn’t completely unexpected, though, after the weekend we had just had.

The previous Friday, shortly after my wife and I arrived home, after leaving a friend‘s concert before they even went on-stage (we were just too tired), we got a phone call: the hospice nurse was at our friend Julie‘s house and was suggesting that we take Julianna‘s dad to the hospital. Without baring all of the details, we ended up staying at the ER until 3:30am. So much for an early evening, huh?

During that weekend, although a couple more friends were able to come and visit, father-in-law’s condition degraded very rapidly. By the end of Sunday, he wasn’t able to do things on his own anymore and Julianna decided that she should stay with him that night.

Then, Monday, with Julianna and her brother, Jason, by his side, their dad died.

We are so thankful for the time that we had with him, though. It was truely a gift to be able to care for him and talk with him in his final days. And so many people (family and friends) were able to come visit him too. God is good and faithful and we will not take that for granted.

Two days ago, Saturday, we had a funeral mass for him at a beautiful Catholic parish in Midtown. On January 24th (father-in-law’s birthday) we are having another memorial in Atlanta, Georgia.

Thank you, everyone, for your prayers and kind thoughts. Julianna and I appreciate them all. Our church community has been wonderful, as have all of our friends. We don’t have the words to express how you make us feel.

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