Death of parents

I haven't updated this in the last 5 weeks. So sorry for those who were left hanging about my dad. He passed away, quietly, in no pain, on Sept 20 about 3 AM. We were there, as was his wife. It was initially not as hard as I thought it was going to be, but seeing him decline did help the grieving start before his death. We had a great time the Friday night before his death. My brother came over with is wife, and we were laughing so much that the poor roommate left and wheeled around in the halls until late. It was good to share memories, and my brother read John 10, part of which is Dad's confirmation passage. I saw the next generation taking over leadership that night and I was so proud of my brother. I know he's going to follow in those big footprints, even if his tractor is a bit smaller and is blue instead of red. I'm blessed to know where Dad is, and that is such a comfort to us all. I know it's been hard for Jean, and we strive to keep in touch with her to make sure things are going well. She has many friends in town who watch over her, but I told Dad we would be watching out for her, too.

We were on vacation last week in Branson. That time away from work and just being me made it all a bit more real. I saw a father and daughter sharing their meal (literally eating half), and I thought, "that's so special that he's taking time out to listen to her and share with her." It brought me to near tears as I realized I can't do that anymore, at least not in this life. For the fathers who read this, be sure you take that time out, even if it's only an hour every so often, because those memories will be so sweet. I truly believe in Daddy dates. She was such a cute little girl, too, about 4-5, just babbling on about something, and he was just listening to her and asking questions from time to time. It would have made a great commercial!

The other recent thing that has happened and is messing up the life-schedule has been the destruction of our lovely little Focus when it was rear-ended 2 weeks ago (yes, right before vacation). We didn't hear it was totalled for sure until a week ago. Now we're car hunting, which isn't what we wanted to spend our free time doing in the next few weeks. Everybody was ok, just shook up, but she hit us hard enough I only felt myself fly forward, didn't see it, and when I saw something, I was on the other side of the intersection with the car rolling some. That automatic gas shutoff thing really does work! It just sputtered to a stop as I hit the brake. There was nobody in front of us, and the intersection is really a T and I was on the top part outer lane, so it was "ideal" for timing and location. However, to my great disappointment, not a soul stopped except the gal who hit us (and she wasn't going too far in that car). We had an answered prayer when we called our friends who were going to St. Louis that day and happened to be right across the street at Wal-Mart when we called them. Talk about God's timing! We had a great meal with them and got a ride home with fellowhip we didn't plan on that day. We wish it hadn't happened in the first place, but it ended up great. Now to just find a car we like as well as that 2005 Focus. We're considering another Focus or a Chevy Cobalt, which we test drove today. Ok, I drove, Dan rode as usual, but I did try out the passenger side and back. It's no worse for long legs in the back than the other one, so it passed. It might actually be a bit better. We're still comparing prices and costs over the next couple weeks, and trying to figure out creative financing for it. I think it'll turn out fine, though. We may not get what we want, but we can live without certain features like we used to before they were created. I'd forgotten how to roll down a window, but I can relearn easily if need be. I'm perty smart.

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