Don,
I don't know what to say...
-- -Jon jonsdak@midmaine.com http://jonsdakota.tripod.com 1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack" Headache Rack, Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front, TS-A5713's in rear, Bulldog RS-82 Remote Starter ""Mallett, Donald B"" <Donald.Mallett@BNSF.com> wrote in message news:0F45A7A5E62CD211B8CC0008C7A402F013BCD620@ftwntexmp002.bnsf.com... > > Back on April 19th I got up at 9:45pm for work, showered and while getting > dress I hit the play back on the answering machine. There was a message from > my Mom who was on day 8 of a 11 day cruise. She was upset and said to call > my brother in Fl. ASAP. My brother was barley understandable on the phone. I > just about went into shock as he told me Reuben (his 2 year son) drowned in > the family pool. News story here > http://www.bradenton.com/mid/bradentonherald/news/local/5674347.htm Cindy > (my wife), Jennifer (daughter) and her boy friend Zeddie and I left for Fla. > the next morning. Timing worked out that we were able to pick up Mom at the > Tampa airport as we were just about there. > > Mitch and his wife aren't handling this well at all. Reuben was laid to rest > on Tuesday the 22nd. This is a great lost to our family. Some may remember > this is the 2nd death for us in less the 7 months. My Dad died unexpectedly > last August. Cindy has decided to stay with my Mom to help her out and my > Brother and his wife Myrna. End of May when Jason (my son) gets out of > school for the summer. Jennifer, Zeddie, Jason and I will head back to > Bradenton. Times like this I'm glad I got the QC. Dropping off Jason to > visit for a week or so, Jennifer and Zeddi are moving in with Mom. Then > Cindy and I head home 2 days later. > > My Dad took care of Reuben while his Mom and Dad worked. They had something > special between them. Reuben would walk into my Moms house and start asking > and looking for "Papa". All we can say is that Reuben and Papa (my dad) are > together in Haven. > > I'm posting this here because I feel you folks are family. I had a few posts > that I didn't reply to while all this was happening and thought I would just > let you know what happened. > > Dak stuff... She did a great job getting us to Fl. in a 24 hour driving > marathon and 24 more hours home(99.9% hiway). 2500 mile round trip. I > ordered the RoadMaster and a Viper Fan just days before all this. I just > missed 8 days of work without pay :-( I think these are the last mods for a > while. > > Thanks for letting me talk about this with friends. > > -- > *------------------------------Y2KOTA------------------------------* > Don Mallett > Y2K QC 4.7L Auto SLT+ > http://www.mallettservices.com/y2kota.html > http://www.dakota-truck.net/profiles/dakota/QwkvWz@DAJFf6/profile.htm > *-------- 9-11-2001, NEVER AGAIN... MY FRIENDS, NEVER AGAIN!-------* > > >
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