When my late husband and I were dating, I meet a daughter of of lady whose son was also over in the Iraq war at the same time as Jeff. Jeff's mom and her mom became good friends over the years and Connie and I became friends as well. She had been married three times since I known her, each marriage ending in divorce . Her first marriage lasting the longest with three sons. When Jeff died, she came to the calling hours and gave some support by saying five words to me in a hug "He loved you very much".
I haven't seen her since I moved back to Delaware, since then she became a grandmother and I have talked to her on Face Book. Just yesterday I learned that Hospice had been called in to care for her because her cancer had reached its final stage. Now its just a matter of time, again Cancer had won.. Not many people I know had survived its deadly grasp, My grandmother, Sarah E.Havens, her sister Roselie Oswald, her brother Frank Mc Donnell. My sister- in -law's dad, Robert Aleshire my husband's cousin Arlene Eckstien and my husband Jeff. So many family and friends, I can only count two in my family, Thank The Lord, that were spared!
I am feeling down as one could expect, my father-in-law Gary is in a nursing home now and with Connie going as she is, its hard to be cheery, For Connie and all who have gone before her..I think of this song..My Love and Prayers Always To Them and All those too who are going through the same thing and to their families!
You were a great, kind and loving person, thank you for being my friend!
Love and Miss you!
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