One Third of My Light Is Gone

"...And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them was darkened. And the day did not shine for a third part of it,, and the night in like manner." --Rev. 8:12

I have three sons. One of them is in the spirit world. On October 26, 2009, one third of the light in my life went out forever.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Weather on 10/26/2010

this is what we woke up to today:

from the NOAA website:

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1124 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY...

WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...NON SECURE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. FALLING TREE
LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY...WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS ALSO
EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL
DELAYS. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT...WITH HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES BECOMING DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

it is still and peaceful now; but this morning at 6 a.m. it was very dark and extremely windy. 60,000 people lost their electrical power because of downed power lines. Flights our of O'Hare have been canceled as well.

We keep checking Olivia's flight info for updates, but so far so good.

The wind was whistling and moaning through every crack; and all night long the bedroom door was rattling.

Maris loved this kind of weather. Maybe he wanted to let us know he is thinking of us. so he sent a nice windstorm our way.
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Snow 2006

We cheerfully photographed and sent these pictures of Chicago weather on December 1, 2006 to Maris to show him what he was missing. Actually, he loved snow, thunderstorms, and other drastic kinds of weather.











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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Ray.s Birthday 2010


We took Ray out for his birthday on June 23, 2010. The plan was dinner at Fat Willy's BBQ Shack. As we walked out the door, tornado warning sirens sounded.
Maris used to love this kind of weather; in fact, all of us do. So we went out for dinner, and felt that the weather was a message from Maris that he was with us and having fun.

After a fabulous dinner of BBQ brisket, which brought back memories of our visit to San Antonio for Maris's graduation at Lackland, we headed home. The storm was over, and there was a huge rainbow that stretched across the entire sky.

The rainbow brought back memories of our visit to Hickam AFB in Hawaii. Again, the rainbow made us feel Maris was with us.

The storm and the rainbow were his birthday gift to Ray.

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