Very Emotional Week

Thanks, so much, to everyone who has been in prayer for my family...my Aunt Pam greatly appreciates the thoughts & prayers. It has been a difficult week to say the least. My Aunt and cousins lost a very intricate part of their lives this last week...Larry will be missed in many different ways to each of us.

My former pastor and good friend, Charles Turner, joined me for the Royal's game this last week against the Cleveland Indians. Chuck & I had a great time of fellowship and really enjoyed the game (it helped to get my mind off the troubles with my uncle). The Royals' squandered a number of opportunities to score and eventually lost the game, but it was wonderful to spend the time with Bro. Charles. We are planning to get Chuck, his son's James and Paul (when Paul will be in town) and I together for a game later this summer...now, that'll be a good time!

Shallen had her Senior Prom on Saturday night. She attendedwith her boyfriend Cory and they both looked great. Shallen, with three of her friends and their dates, rented a limo for the evening. The Prom was held at the Arrowhead Club at Chief's Stadium. The kids all ate at Feilio's on the Plaza (I was told the food was pretty good). This is Shallen's last dance before she graduates on May 9th...she is extremely excited about finishing this part of her life and looking forward to the next chapter.

Stephan had a very difficult week: not only did he lose his Great-Uncle Larry, he also lost a good friend from his school and class, Tanner. Tanner was involved in a car accident when his girlfriend was driving them back from Blue Springs to Oak Grove. She lost control of the car and it flipped and went into the on-coming traffic. Another car hit the passenger side where Tanner was still belted in...he died at the accident site. The girlfriend and driver are going to be OK. Stephan attended Tanner's funeral in Oak Grove, then had to drive to Gladstone (about 45 minutes away) to attend his Uncle's funeral. Please keep Stephan in your prayers as he deals with these two tragic losses. He often acts like a tough guy, but he's got a heart as big as can be and it was obvious that it was breaking yesterday.

I'm back at work full-time today since Larry had his heart attack last Tuesday morning. Some things never change - I got slammed with projects this morning when I came in. Luckily, I come in about an hour ahead of anyone else on my team - that gave me a little time to get my arms around everything before the questioning started. It's good to work with a good group of people. My boss stopped by my office this morning to make sure I was OK and everything was going OK for my Aunt Pam...Tim's a really good guy. Pam is continuing to deal with her knee surgery and hopefully the physical therapy will keep her busy enough over the next couple of weeks so she doesn't just sit around and dwell on her loss.