Wow, it's been 13 days since I've blogged and life has turned upside down and sideways in that time. Last Thursday, Pat, Donna-Leigh's husband, came home from work complaining of a headache. He went to the Dr. and the hospital and was treated for what they thought was a migraine. Sunday morning at 4:04 his heart stopped beating. I was with Donna-Leigh and her family when Patrick passed away and as hard as it was, I wouldn't have been anywhere else. Donna-Leigh and I have been friends for 33 years, through good and bad, it seems at times more bad than good. We've been through marriage, children, death of a parent, so much, but I never thought that one of us would have a spouse die for a long long time. My heart aches for her and the girls. I haven't cried this many tears for a long time.

Pat had a tumor in his brain. This explains why he was so different the last few months. And maybe he even knew something was wrong and was pushing DL away, to try to save her grief in the end. Whatever the case, he's gone, and we can't bring him back, no matter how much we want to. He must have been in pain for a long, long time, and he never said a word. Pat was a very quiet man in life, and he died the same way, not a sound out of him, he took his last breath and that was it.

Rest in peace Patrick...until we meet again...