Wednesday, July 20, 2011

July 20, 2011


What do you remember about the death of your parents and your thoughts and feelings at the time?
Dad had his first stroke while Marie and I were watching a movie called Windwalker. I remember thinking how hard it was to be with him and see him in his deteriorating state the nest three month. I was relieved when he was finally able to pass away and couldn’t cry because I knew he was in a far better place. I have cried plentyof times since then however as I have missed having him at events in my childrens life.
Mom passed away sometime during the night. I was called out of a woodbadge staff meeting in Ephraim and given the news. I was so glad that Marie and I had been able to spend several weeks with her over the last few years as we would go to Duchesne for a week to photograph in Al’s Foodtown. We enjoyed being there in the evenings with her and I have many times wished I had taken the time to go visit them when the children were younger. We seemed get out there only about once a year and now that I have grandchildren I realize how much my parents would have loved to see them more often.

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