Laura

I have been busy. My wife Laura started to get very sick in mid January. Her pain increased and she was having a hard time moving her legs. She passed away on February 1, 2008 at 1:05 PM. She had a peaceful passing. She was in her bed with me, her children, her parents, and her sister in the room with her. I am going to miss her very much. I have cried more in the last week than in the last 16 years. It is going to be interesting with her gone to see how the children react. She was truly a wonderful person.

The funeral was on February 7, 2008 and she was very beautiful. Her best friend gave a wonderful account of her life. They were very close in High School and beyond. Yesterday we went by the cemetary and stood next to her for about 15 minutes. I am not sure what the kids think of it. I kind of talked to her.

Now things get crazy. Baseball is starting up again. My children are going to really need me and I have to determine how to best devide my time. They have had a very difficult 15 days. A lot of family came in and that has been good for them. These kids are going to have a much more difficult life.

This shows what a killer breast cancer is to young women. Women 35 -55 are more likely to die from breast cancer than anything else. My wife was 36. The other problem is detection. Due to costs early detection is tough. My wifes sister had a freind who was 38 pass away the day of the funeral. She died of breast cancer. Universal health care is not the answer. If you have had a parent or even a grandparent with breast cancer then I would pay for an annual mammogram. The alternative is much worse.