We have the most wonderful community of friends and our family so appreciate all the love and support you are extending to us after Charlie's passing.  You've kept us fed, provided us with beautiful fresh flowers, even weeded a pathway! Reading all your comments brings tears flowing, and I remember how much love we have enjoyed, having you in our lives!  I am feeling very nurtured by having our kids here, and we have been busy restoring our home from one that is focused on providing comfort in illness, to becoming again a place for healing and living well, looking with hope to what is ahead.  Samantha and Claire will be joining us now, and I so look forward to having everyone close to keep me supported as I'm moving through this time!

Charlie has told me over the years that he wanted to be cremated, and his ashes spread in his favorite places. We will do that when the time is right. We want to hold a ceremony to celebrate his life, when it is again safe to do so.  We will let you know when we are ready to do that, and hope that you will think of Charlie, and his generosity, kindness and fun-loving spirit as you remember us in these days.  

Thank you all for your love and support!  I am feeling resilient despite huge sadness.  We will move through this and be able to look back on a life that helped us deepen our own humanity and compassion.