Well Kathy,
    It's not like you didn't try.  I know it's hard, but I know also that 
you did your best to make arrangements to come.
God bless and comfort you and your family at this time.
Vinny
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 3:11 AM
Subject: we didn't make it in time


> Dad slipped away Friday evening at 11:00 pm. Our time, 10:00 pm.
> Central time.
> Mom was not with him.  She had gone home because she was
> exhausted.  She was also preparing the home for hospice to be set up.
> One of my other brothers and his wife were with him at the time of
> death.  WE have to trust  that this was the Lord's timing, for His
> reasons and be at peace with that.
> We'll still fly out this afternoon, only now, for a funeral, whenever
> that will be.  I didn't get to say goodbye, or thanks, but I know
> that Dad is at peace and out of pain, something that he hasn't known
> for a long time.
> Kathy
>