Susan's Celebration of Life

Scott and I boarded a plane and flew to North Carolina for 3 days for Susan's Celebration of Life Services on Monday 3/22. It was the first time to North Carolina for me. It's a pretty state and Spring was blooming. It is unfortunate that we visited under such sad circumstances.

The Memorial Service was really nice. Susan's husband, Karl, spoke about Susan. Sometimes we laughed and sometimes we cried. Old friends and colleagues also took the podium and gave us more insight into the Susan not all of us knew. Even Jordan, Susan's and Karl's 12 year old daughter spoke. It was a beautiful service. Afterwards, we all dried our eyes, gained our composures and mingled among friends and then had dinner.

Except for driving around the UNC-Chapel Hill campus (which I must say is beautiful!) Scott and I spent all of our time with Karl, his and Susan's family and friends. The house always had people! Though we didn't want to be in the way, Karl insisted we be there. Susan's mom from the USVI and Karl's mom were there and made sure everyone was well feed. I gained two pounds! Thank you Midori and Mary :-)

We arrived home on Tuesday night just in time to put the kids into bed - somewhat late - but they wanted to stay up. No big deal. We just slept in this morning and I drove them to school.

Next week is Spring Break for the kids. Andrei has track practice every day and I have my last chemo scheduled on Good Friday, April 2. Glory! Glory!