posted 2003/01/14 at 18:01
My Uncle Sanford died earlier this morning. He woke up in the middle of the night with trouble breathing, they rushed him to the hospital but there was no saving him. He'd been diagnosed with a congestive heart problem, but it was supposed to take several more years before it became something serious. So now the folks are up in Michigan trying to take care of things.
Sanford was two years younger than my father, so of course now this is forcing us all to consider the mortality of my father, which is never a pleasant thought. Worse yet, Grandma Shannon lost her husband less than two years ago, and she's still not coping with that all that well. The folks should be home sometime tonight, and I have the feeling that we're all in for some unpleasant thoughts and conversations in the coming days.
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