Sunday, April 13, 2008

Where I've been the last month

I haven't posted in awhile. I have been at my grandmothers house for the past month. It has been a really bad month. My Grandmother "Dorothy" lost her brother Herb W. He had a long battle with pancreatic cancer, the pancreatic cancer caused his kidney to fail. He was put on dialysis December of 2007. He gave up and took his self off of dialysis March 15, sadly dying March 20, 2008. My Grandmother was devastated. She was very close to her brother. I was down in butler with my Grandma so she didn't have to stay in the house alone. She was just getting over my Uncle Herbs death when her son Mathew F. shot and killed himself. He had a long history of mental Illness. His toxicology reports came back and he wasn't under the influence of any substance. He didn't leave a note and he brought his birth certificate with him. My grandma still blames herself. She thinks theres something she could have done, but there wasn't. It has been especially hard on My uncle Matt's brother John. My uncle John. Is kind of a loner. He didn't have anybody else he trusted. They had both been working on his log cabin. It is still unfinished. It was just getting put together nicely. He was cremated and will be buried out on my Uncle John's property as soon as the weather gets nice. We are planting a White Oak on top of his urn so they roots grow around it and preserve it for the next hundred years. When the tree gets big enough we are going to put a plaque on it stating his birthday, day of death, and his name. That is where he was happiest. He would've liked to be buried out there. Thanks for reading and I'll post again soon.