My Darling Children,

I’m so sorry for the awful reality

of your Dad’s absence on this earth.

There will never be another family photo

with him (last one below in Michigan, June 26, 2021)

It’s simply not possible.

There will Never be another family Christmas with him.

Not ever.

There will Never be another family vacation with him.

Never.

We just completed all three without him.

Our 2021 family Christmas was this:

Liz and I visited him in the hospital,

the other kids said their goodbyes Dec 17

before they flew to Michigan.

He was sedated and vented with a feeding

tube on Christmas Day and almost every day

after (there was one day a week before he

died that he was coherent at least while I was there)

Christmas 2022 photo from Florida family

vacation below.