Today we leave for a trip to Virginia Beach, VA to say farewell to Suzi, wife of Jim's brother Larry, who departed this life yesterday, Feb. 10 at 1 p.m.
Suzi called and left a message on our answering machine last Monday afternoon at 2 pm while we were away shopping in Dothan. We returned home around 4 and listened to her message. She called to say they were thinking of us last week, the anniversary of James' death, and meant to call but never got around to it. She just wanted us to know they remembered us and she chatted a bit before hanging up. Before we could return her call, the phone rang and it was Larry, her husband and Jim's brother, calling to say he was at the hospital with Suzi; that she had a stroke early that afternoon (soon after she called and left us a message). The Dr. pronounced her brain dead the next afternoon and they removed the machines on Tuesday night and she died yesterday, Wednesday, at 1 pm.
Life is so fleeting - here one day, gone the next. She was only 62. She retired a year ago and she and Larry had so many things planned. They have spent the past several months remodeling their home in Virginia Beach, VA. We were there last June and saw their beautiful deck. Then we visited with them again in KY in July.
We are leaving to go to VA Beach today, stopping overnight in Florence, SC with our son Bill. He will go to Va with us.
