And the 5 T’s become 4 T’s

My mom alway’s signed cards – Dick, Leona and the 5 T’s. Terry, Tamara, Timothy, Troyt and Traci, With Terry’s death we are now 4, Above is Troyt, me, Tim and Traci. My second cousin’s wedding last evening provided the circumstance that I was back in Iowa to say good-bye to Terry and a wonderful opportunity for us to be together with Terry’s wife Karen. After the wedding, we all went to Karen’s home and shared memories for a couple of hours. It was fun. Craig was a quiet observer and even recorded some of it. He came away with a much better understanding of our nuclear family and thought I was very fortunate to have such a great family and friends, I look forward to seeing what he recorded and sharing it with the others,

I always said I was the oldest “responsible” child and now I am simply the oldest sibling. We are all at good places in our lives and we will continue to be there for each other and we will continue to be there for Karen and her children.

The wedding also provided an opportunity for Craig and I to get dressed up for the first time. Fortunately it was not too hot. Craig enjoyed my family and friends and they seemed to have enjoyed him as well. We traveled well together and he was great support for me with the death of my brother as were my wonderful friends, Deb, John, Jody and Mike.

We are back in Nashville. I will fly back to Iowa in 2 weeks for Terry’s funeral service. My contribution to the planning of his funeral service was to suggest the song – “On the road again”. We did share a love for road trips although mine are for pleasure.