Hello Family and Friends,
I hope this message finds you and yours well.
I've been hanging in there and Sue and I really enjoyed the full house of family we had a week and a half ago. It was raining that day and has rained everyday since, although today looks good. I have an appointment at the VA Hospital this afternoon and plan to ride on two wheels. This will be my third time attending a cancer support group. For now I plan to continue going to the group.
Earlier yesterday I tossed messages back and forth with my brother from Savannah, GA. Those messages contained pics and vids of the visit the weekend before last as well as pics and vids of his daughter's (my niece) Wedding on Jeckell Island, GA this past weekend. We also talked able his travels while here in NH and having to cut his way through the fog and rain and try his best to enjoy the 30 feet or so visability. lol We had a good chat and said good night.
A couple hours later before I went to bed, I decided to check my messages one last time before shutting down the computer. To my surprize it was my brother Dave again, so I opened the message thinking that Dave probably had remembered something he wanted to add. Expecting a laugh or at least a chuckle I opened the message.
He brought me up to speed on an event that completely caught me off guard. He told me of a close family friend Nancy, who had been fighting for her life against cancer. Nancy and her husband Jeff and son Ryan had been much closer friends to my brother than Sue and I. But Dave kept us up to date. Especially concerening Nancy's health. What I read, oh Man, Wow, what a blow to my gut. Since I've been enlisted and am now a soldier in the battle against a wicked foe that randomly attacks in darkness, it just saddens me so to find that yet another of my comrads has fallen victim to this enemy of life. The loss of Nancy gives me great pause as I contemplate how Jeff and Ryan are plunged into the grasp of the deep grief that tares into the hearts of family and close friends. This tragic event and the grief due to the loss of Nancy brought to the forefront of my thought and reminded me once again what my own family will face at some point in the future. I am thankful that Nancy and Jeff were in the compamy of loved ones when Nancy slipped into eternity. Far as Dave, I really didn't know what to say, but asked him to be sure to let Jeff and Ryan know that Sue and I both have them in our thoughts and prayers. And reminded Dave that he too is in our thoughts and prayers as he deals with the shocking grief of loosing a very close friend. I'm glad that Jeff has my brother Dave for a friend.
sincerely
Sam/chappy
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