Kris I have been through this myself and I also live alone, anytime you want to talk just hollar !!
On Mar 14, 2014, at 3:08 PM, Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Kris:
> 
> I know that we have been corresponding personally about everything that has
> been going on, but I want to publicly say here that we are all in there with
> you.
> 
> You have many friends here, so don't feel afraid to ask for any sort of help
> if needed.
> 
> Even though we all know these things are inevitable, that doesn't make it
> any easier when they happen.
> 
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 12:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Difficult Time
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry that I have not been around for a few weeks.  
> 
> 
> 
> Early in January my mother became ill and after several stays in the
> hospital it was decided that they could not do anything more.  She went into
> a nursing home with hospice care and was only there a week when she passed
> away.  She died on February 26th exactly one month following her 90th
> birthday on January 26th.  The last two weeks have been spent closing out
> her apartment and so I haven't had time for anything else.  It's been a very
> difficult time, and now comes the adjustment of being totally alone.  I'm an
> ownly child with no children or gbrandchildren, and I am also single.  It's
> going to be pretty difficult for a while.  
> 
> 
> 
> Please keep me in your prayers.
> 
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> Kris.