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Well moms fever is down for now, hovering around 100. Now dad is sick though, it seems like they are both feeling bad now:-( Thank you for the prayers. Mom really does not want to go to the hospital again. i will try and keep you updated.

Love, Michael

Mom is running a temperature 102-103. She looked miserable last night when I visited her. Please keep her in your prayers, we are all vvery worried.

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Please keep mom in your prayers. She has had a tough few weeks. We don’t know what it is from, but she has been extremely tired and not feeling well. Last night when I went to visit, she got a spasm in her side under her armpit to the left of her heart in the muscle. She was in a lot of pain, and couldn’t move. I felt helpless… all I could do was rub her back. After five minutes or so it seemed to go away. She then resumed adding names to her email address book.

Could you please say an extra prayer for mom, that her suffering might be eased, and that she might be healed? She has gone through so much. I wish I could trade places with her. I am sure those of you who have close friends or relatives that have fought a tough illness or pain, understand what I am feeling.

Thanks to Meg for staying with mom today while dad went to Canada! We love you Meg!

Love, Michael

Dad was asked to give the eulogy at Uncle Heinz funeral today. i don’t know how he did it. he has so much on his mind, and yet he drove up to Canada alone (mom couldn’t go), he went to be at like 1am, then woke up at 5:30am, then drove to Canada, gave the eulogy, and then drove back to Seattle.

I am very proud of dad. it means a lot to be asked to speak at someones funeral. Here is the Eulogy dad gave for Uncle Heinz:

Heinz Michel was a strong man.

He and his wonderful wife Tita were married in 1970 which makes 37 years as of March 20th.

They had a son, in 1972 who passed away shortly after birth.

Heinz retired from government service after 37 years .

George C. Scott once said:

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.

As far back as I can remember, Heinz was the perfect example of a strong human spirit. His personality was bigger than life.

With Tita, he enjoyed everything from cooking, traveling, browsing at shops for collectors items such as cabbage patch dolls and Fine English China.

They also spent time simply taking walks in their beautiful garden community.

They spoiled each other with gifts, and not a day went by that they did not show love to each other.

My wife and I met Heinz through Tita. She used to drive back and forth from Canada to spend weekends with us in the states.

Before we knew it, she was making the drive with a handsome German Canadian named Heinz. We knew they were made for each other! Our son, Michael was the ring bearer at their wedding .

It was a glorious happy day !

I asked our son what he remembered most about his Uncle Heinz, and this is what he told me:

“Uncle Heinz was my favorite uncle. He gave me my first beer, Imported from Germany no less, and served warm, as Uncle Heinz said all beers were meant to be served. He gave me my first shot of any hard liquor, Schnapps, not the fruity kinds people drink today, but genuine imported German Schnapps with no flavor. He also taught me how to shoot a gun, stressing that “if you didn’t give something its life, you had no right to take it away.”And he did all this believe it or not, before I turned 14. He got permission from my parents don’t worry. I remember watching Uncle Heinz, playing the organ, after we had feasted on one of the gourmet dinners he used to make us.
My favorite Uncle Heinz dish was his special salad. I remember on one visit to the US, he taught me how to make it. He used only the heart of a head butter lettuce, and then a special dressing of vinegar, and sugar.

In a way this salad was a lot like Uncle Heinz.

A big personality like the vinegar, lots of sweetness like sugar, and most important All HEART !”

Now, when I myself think of Heinz, I remember how he lit up a room. Heinz took after dinner conversation to a new level.

He always had new jokes to tell, and got an even bigger kick out of the fact he always had to explain the punchlines to Tita and my wife.

Speaking of Tita… She truly was the love of his life.

You could see it in how he would look at her.
They were a perfect twosome as husband and wife.

I know how blessed and lucky he felt to have you as his loving caregiver, and life companion.

And now Heinz is looking over you as your guardian angel.

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.

Over these past years, Heinz has proved the doctors wrong, and lived far beyond their expectations.

It was his human spirit and love for and from Tita that carried him through the tough times.

The spirit that has brought us all here today to celebrate his life will live on.

It will live on in the ways that knowing Heinz has enriched our lives and made them more fruitful.

He taught us to live not just exist.

We are all better people for having known Heinz,
and today although we grieve, we also celebrate the fact
that we have been blessed to be part of this great mans life.
We will miss you Heinz!

Well called mom and dad tonight and got bad news. A very good friend of my parents, Heinz Michel, passed away on Friday. He was the husband of moms classmate auntie Tita. They lived in Canada, and mom has wanted to visit, but we were not able to make it. Uncle Heinz was a fun man to be around. he taught me how to play the organ, gave me my first beer and shot of schnaps, and showed me how to shoot a gun. He was a Canadian Royal Mountie before retiring. We will all always cherish our memories of him.

He other bad news was that this was the first time I ever called and moms voice was basically gone. Please pray that this is just temporary from treatment, andnot the cancer spreading again. Like I said in the last post, mom has not had her voice in so long. I really miss it! Mom used to sing as she walked around, and we always teased her, and now how I wish i could hear her sing again!

Thanks for the love and support!

Michael

Hello everyone! Mom has been pretty tired lately. She skipped Friday Circle, and has been pretty much staying in. Please keep her in your prayers that she can get her voice back. She hasn’t had her voice for quite a long time now, and I hope to be able to hear it again.

Please also pray for dad. He has been a 24/7 caretaker for a long time now. they both make it so easy for the rest of us to try and live our “normal” lives, while they are always dealing with the challenge of living with cancer.

I got to visit mom and dad 3 times this week, so I got some lambing lambing with mom. That was nice:-)

Relay for Life is coming up soon. June 1 and 2. We would love to havemore additions to the team. If you are inerested, please email me at bethechangenow@comcast.net

Thanks for the prayers,

Love Michael