March 10: short updates

Roger's funeral was today. Definitely served to remind me of the many reasons while I am vehemently NOT Catholic. The priest said that Roger wasn't in heaven yet, and needed our continued prayers (and of course mass cards) to get in there. This about a man who has spent his entire life in service to others?! Personally, I think that if there is a heaven Roger was on the express elevator straight in. Enough said, I don't want to diss anyone else's faith.

It was nice seeing several people I hadn't seen in years. It's just a shame that it takes funerals to do this. Of course, I thought I would be "up there" watching all at you at my funeral, so shouldn't really complain.

Bad news: My friend Kevan Williams' mother passed away on Friday. She was in a nursing home and had Alzheimer's, but it's still the loss of his mother.

Good news: Katie, who frequently leaves responses, called me last week to tell me that Matt is coming back from Iraq for his two week break. I won't go out to Ohio, although I hope we'll talk several times. The most important thing is for him to get to know his son Casey (seen with Katie in the small photo in the responses) who was only 2-3 weeks old when Matt left.

And next week is when Carrie is back from her honeymoon. I can't wait.

More about me next time, thanks for checking in. Laurie