First Christmas

     It's Christmas time again; this year we celebrate for the first time without Bob.  It's time for me to write Christmas cards, and there are a number of people on our list, mostly his friends, who have not yet heard of his death.  In order not to have to write about it over and over, I have made an insert for their cards.  This is the insert:

(The photos in the insert run across the top of the page, but I can't figure out how to do that here.)

Christmas 2017.  Our first without our beloved Bob, Dad, Grandpa.  He entered hospice in March and died June 27 with all of us surrounding him.  After struggling with Alzheimer's disease at least six years, he is at peace.

The photos above are of his last birthday with us, #81, in November 2016; his last Christmas with us; and our last photo together at home in May of this year.