Good news, sad news

I mentioned in my previous post that I’m feeling a lot better. That’s the good news. Unfortunately there is sad news as well. Early yesterday morning my uncle, Uncle John, died. He had had a very bad condition that landed him in intensive care in the hospital for a long time late in 2005. He seemed to recover somewhat and my mother went to visit with him and my Aunt Denise in late January of this year. She just felt the visit was really important and she had a very good time with them and was really glad she went even though travelling takes a toll on her. (E.g. on the way home she came down with a severe cold that lasted for a long time.) How thankful we are that Uncle John is with Jesus! And that he and my mother were able to have one last visit together before he died. He was the only sibling who really showed care and love for her, our family, and their parents, during the past 35 years. He was the only uncle on my mother’s side of the family whom I have known. I have never met my mother’s other two brothers and their families or was just a baby the last time we met.