Summing up the summer

This summer SUCKED!

I adore summer but this summer was a tough one this year.  Our family lost two family members, my Uncle Lugene and my darling cousin Virginia.  It's always hard to loose loved ones but both deaths hit our family hard.  My mother lost her oldest brother in July.  Ken and I took her to the funeral and I could see on their faces how tough it was on all of them.  But Uncle Lugene was 78 and I feel he lived a good life.  A life he chose and seemed to be very happy.  A month later, Virginia passed.  She was battling a rare form of cancer and was really fighting it hard.  She would tell me that she's fighting it to the end.  But unfortunately time ran out and Virginia couldn't fight it anymore.  She passed away in the hospital in August.  It devastated us all.  Such a beautiful young mother of only 36 years left behind a husband and 3 adorable children.    It just seemed impossible.