Thanks for your good wishes

Dear Friends, Relatives, and Prayer partners,

Thank you so much for your good wishes and prayers during the past two weeks. Dad was quite ill and suffering. He kept calling for help, but we couldn't help him. We figure he wasn't talking to us. He is now at peace, and probably playing baseball with Mom cheering him on from the stands.

My cousin Jean Ann registered him at a WWII veterans site:

http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=1979517&popcount=1&tcount=1

I did cry after the sergeant first class in Army blues handed me the folded flag. Nothing like taps and a flag ceremony to choke one up.

Also, the correct url for the obituary at the funeral home is: http://www.jolliffefuneralhome.com/obituary.php?ID=328 I know a lot of you already figured out the error in the previous message, but just in case . . . I do not believe this obituary will be up for very long.

Paul and the boys flew out, and Matt was a pall bearer.

We are all back home and enjoying a snow day. The boys will also have tomorrow off from school. Paul made it to work today, but when I got to Living Savior, the lot was not yet plowed out, so I came home.

I hope to get something up on the blog sometime soon, with photos, but haven't done that yet. You might want to check the blog for some other news, though. ;-) http://ruthsmusings.blogspot.com

Get your mammograms. Do your self-exams.

Love,

Ruth

Good News From Virginia

Matt has been accepted to Averett University in Danville, Virginia . There was even mention of a scholarship! http://www.averett.edu/index.php

Now, Averett is not Matt's first choice -- that would be the University of Nebraska -- but it is good to know that he has been accepted someplace. This is the first response he has gotten from any of the places to which he has applied, so it is a good start.

More good news, he escaped with a "C" in Trigonometry. Considering he had an "F" at the end of the first quarter, this is really good news. He only has one semester of trig, followed by a semester of "math analysis," whatever that might be.

Not so good news -- my brother Andy is visiting my Dad in the nursing home. His emphysema is getting worse. "The next stage" is how it was put to him. Sigh. Ah, well, he hasn't enjoyed a lot of things for a long while. To top it off, they are moving him around to different rooms. As of last night, he was in a private room. Not a bad thing, that. His phone is not hooked up in his new room yet, though.

Love,
Ruth