Going out of town.

I just wanted to let you know I am taking a break for a while. I learned yesterday that my sister Bev passed away. I can't really believe it but she has been sick for a very long time. She has been so brave throughout and I have always called her my hero. Bev went into hospital to receive more treatment the day before I went away, and a few days before we returned home I knew something was very wrong.

I guess I put everything in the back of my mind and refused to believe this day would ever come, always planning for the next time we would get together, the next road trip.

This photo was a very happy time for us on her last visit here. Her daughter, my niece whom I always call my little sister, took the photo. It was a very special visit to Niagara Falls for the three of us, a girls only trip, and I shall always remember it with a smile. We were on the little boat that goes up to the Falls and we jokingly called ourselves The Maids of the Mist for the rest of the holiday. In our last conversation together I reminded her of it and I heard her laugh, so I am sharing this picture with you and ask if you could please say a prayer for my sister Bev and her family.

Photos of our early years. Bev is on the left and I am on the right in both.

Gregg, Brad and I hope to go to Germany as soon as we can get our passports taken care of. I'll be in touch when I get back.