A Difficult Week
This last week has been very unusual, as well as sad. Bill thought I should probably post about it rather than ever have to explain it all.
Wednesday night, after having dinner with a friend from church, I we got a call from Marlana, she is the older daughter, that her dad’s wife, Chris, had died in her sleep Tuesday. At 43 years old. Needless to say this was a shock for everyone. This last weekend they were to celebrate their 5th anniversary. In those 5 years the girls had come to see that their father was happy, Chris was a nice person and very good to them. They also went through the scare of breast cancer with Chris 2 yrs ago. With all this, Amanda’s wedding, birth of Jeremy, and time; they had come to love her. With that loss and watching their father’s monumental devastation it had been a very hard time. We got Marlana, Amanda and baby off to San Diego, CA by Friday. That has help them to be able to comfort and help their dad. Chris’s parents, grandparents, children and siblings are all in. After the service today, there will be a cremation, another service in Vancouver, Washington. The remains and marker will be next to a brother who died very young. (These poor parents!) Everyone except Marlana will be gone by Tuesday. She is going to stay the rest of week and do the packing of Chris’s things for her dad.
I have been very impressed with the maturity of our girls during this time. They have really been something for having to deal with their first death. But then they rarely disappoint me. We are continuously blessed with who they are.
The physical part of the autopsy did not show cause of death. Now there is a three-month wait on test results to come back. Chris had already been through the extensive testing that one goes through preparing for the gastric by past surgery. Other than a treatable thyroid problem nothing had been found. So it is very puzzling.
Needles to say, for those who do, prayers would be appreciated at this sad and difficult time.
Wednesday night, after having dinner with a friend from church, I we got a call from Marlana, she is the older daughter, that her dad’s wife, Chris, had died in her sleep Tuesday. At 43 years old. Needless to say this was a shock for everyone. This last weekend they were to celebrate their 5th anniversary. In those 5 years the girls had come to see that their father was happy, Chris was a nice person and very good to them. They also went through the scare of breast cancer with Chris 2 yrs ago. With all this, Amanda’s wedding, birth of Jeremy, and time; they had come to love her. With that loss and watching their father’s monumental devastation it had been a very hard time. We got Marlana, Amanda and baby off to San Diego, CA by Friday. That has help them to be able to comfort and help their dad. Chris’s parents, grandparents, children and siblings are all in. After the service today, there will be a cremation, another service in Vancouver, Washington. The remains and marker will be next to a brother who died very young. (These poor parents!) Everyone except Marlana will be gone by Tuesday. She is going to stay the rest of week and do the packing of Chris’s things for her dad.
I have been very impressed with the maturity of our girls during this time. They have really been something for having to deal with their first death. But then they rarely disappoint me. We are continuously blessed with who they are.
The physical part of the autopsy did not show cause of death. Now there is a three-month wait on test results to come back. Chris had already been through the extensive testing that one goes through preparing for the gastric by past surgery. Other than a treatable thyroid problem nothing had been found. So it is very puzzling.
Needles to say, for those who do, prayers would be appreciated at this sad and difficult time.
2 Comments:
Sorry about your daughters' loss. When your kids hurt, you hurt.
Valerie cried on my shoulder last week saying: "I hate it when my kids hurt." Both girls were quite torn up by the death. The loss of Chris and how bad they felt for their dad caused them a lot of pain.
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