I’m going to be away from the site for a few days. My wife’s grandmother passed away this weekend after a year-long battle with lung cancer. I don’t want to say she “lost” the battle, as so many people in these sorts of situations do. It’s always sounded so horrendously pessimistic to me. But she’s no longer with us, and while her passing is not necessarily something that will be reflected upon daily, there will be moments when its realization hits us suddenly and without warning. It’s for those moments that we walk away from our lives for a couple of days, and try hard to latch on to good memories that will carry us through as relatively painlessly as possible.

We’ll be traveling to eastern Iowa Tuesday and Wednesday for the visitation, funeral, and internment. I’ll probably pop my head back in here sometime before the end of the week.

Take care.