RIP MISTAH. JEFF! We will miss you!

Our friend, Jeff, passed away.

What a blow for MyHero

as he is recovering.

When MyHero and I were dating

he had two best friends.

One was his roommate, Greg.

His other best friend was Jeff.

Jeff and John went through lots of ups and downs

in their early adulthood.

They commiserated with each other

during those hard times

and, in so doing, became

BEST FRIENDS.

When we got married we moved to

Wisconsin, MyHero's home state.

Jeff, being a Southern boy, stayed

DOWN SAWTH!

We saw him sporadically over the years,

when we traveled back to the south,

or when he came to visit us.

We visited them at their beautiful estate here.

Not sure WHY these two boys are so serious-

they were usually yukking it up about something.

We were delighted when he met and married, Miz' Barb,

(this picture does not do her justice-

she is just a beautiful OUTSIDE as she is INSIDE).

She's a wonderful woman who made a better man

out of an already good guy.

John called Jeff a couple of months ago

to tell him he had cancer.

When they hung up, John told Jeff he loved him.

That would be the first and last time

that he ever said that to him.

On about the 8th of March,

Jeff was not feeling well and went to the ER.

Long story short-

Jeff was full of cancer-

too late to do anything about it.

Ten days later, on March 18th,

he passed away.

No pain-No meds-Talking right up to to end-

He just stretched out in bed and went to sleep.

Miz' Barb is heartbroken.

They were connected and always together.

We so wish we could be there with her 

to offer support and love.

We will visit her later this summer

when MyHero has recovered

and see the spot where Jeff is buried.

It is hard to believe he is gone.

He was one of those funny guys with a dry sense of humor

that enjoyed a good joke.

Being a 70s sort of guy,

he used to refer to people as 

TURKEYS...

as in--

"That guy's a real turkey" 

OR

'That TURKEY doesn't know WHAT he's doin'".

That made it especially funny when he 

bought a mountaintop retreat-

AND

when we went there we found him...

you guessed it...

he was feeding REAL turkeys.

Rest In Peace, Jeff.

We will miss you, old buddy!

See you on the other side.

Hope they have some turkeys over there for you!

Edited to add:
Just remembered- we have another
TURKEY CONNECTION
with Jeff.
I sent them my 
TURKEY OIL PAINTING
after they were here and admired it.
(proving that God has a sense of humor
in providing me with a turkey painting to give him)

I will have an update on Friday
about MyHero and 
Bob Wagner, our dentist.
Thank you for your continuing prayers.