R.I.P. Uncle Bill...Please get well, Uncle Henry

My Uncle Bill Wright passed away today. He hasn't been well in body for a few years, and not well in spirit since the Beverly Hills Fire 30 years ago. He was the Captain of the Fort Thomas Police that night and it changed him drastically. He seemed to lose much of his boisterousness after that. After hearing the news I went to my Aunt Bea's house. She's very close with my Aunt Etta, Bill's wife, and I thought it would be good for her to have company. We stayed close to the phone because she was waiting to her from her sister, my Aunt Fran, and her brother, my Uncle Henry. Aunt Fran's husband, Jim, hasn't been doing too well either & Bea was beginning to worry that her calls weren't being returned. Turns out Aunt Fran was having phone problems. By the time I left we still hadn't heard from Henry, but we weren't as worried about him. He & his wife Barb recently bought a condo & Bea thought they might be working on it. Turns out we were wrong. He had a seizure and was in the hospital. It never rains but it pours. I've only got the info that Aunt Bea left me in a voice mail & her line is busy now. His granddaughter told Bea he's ok but I would sure like to know more.

I went looking thru my pictures to see if I have any of Uncle Bill & I don't. :-( I'm going to have to ask Aunt Etta for one. But here's a really old one of Aunt Barb (on the left), Uncle Henry, and my cousin Marie holding Vickie (at 3 months old!)


On the positive side I got an email tonight from my friend Barbara. I'd like to say she's in Connecticut but I'm not really sure. A while ago I got a message that she's working for some Caribbean resort but I don't know if she's there or still in CT or what. I keep asking her for news, and she keeps promising it... /:-) But I *did* get one piece of news from her tonight: her daughter got engaged. The email came with a picture and her daughter is gorgeous! And I now feel sooooo old.....