A description of my blog. http://www.my-site.com 4263605336128772787 Goodbye, John 2006/11/#4263605336128772787 2006-11-29 First of all, thanks to everyone for your prayers and encouragement. Please continue to remember the family, as this is a loss that will continue to be felt for a long, long time.

I feel a little strange posting this before I'm sure that all of the family has been notified, but I wanted to give you at least a little more information than I provided in my sketchy post yesterday.

My brother-in-law, John, died yesterday in a work-related accident. He apparently died from head injuries caused by a fall. From what I can gather, it sounds like he most likely did not suffer much pain. He is survived by his wife and three sons, the oldest of whom is in middle school; his mother; and two brothers. He was 37. He was my wife's sister's husband, so he was not related by blood to either my wife or myself, but he has been part of our family for a very long time. The family should be more-or-less ok financially, but of course this is going to make things tougher for them.

John was a special person. If I had to sum him up, I would say that he was full of love. He loved God, his family, and pretty much everyone around him. And everyone loved him. He embraced life wholeheartedly, was full of joy, and always had something kind or encouraging to say. He will be greatly missed.

Everyone always wants to know if there's something they can do. Well, right now I'm sitting at home wondering the same thing. Is there something I can do? No, not really. I can pick up my kids from school so that my wife can spend time with her sister. And I can pray. That's about it. Praying is all anyone can really do at this point.

Goodbye, John. We will miss you.

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I don't know how to make this transition (does the dotted line help? Is that all it takes to separate tragedy from ordinary life?), so I'll just do it:

I will post an update regarding my reading list "contest" soon. If you were planning to recommend a book, please continue do so. Before this happened, I was really looking forward to seeing what you all were going to pick. As there isn't much else I can do, I could definitely still use some reading list suggestions to occupy my time.

Thank you and may God bless you. Hug someone you love today.

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