Entry: We move on Sunday, July 18, 2004




This picture is from a calendar I made for our family, Jon's Birthday is July 27th


It has been a month since we lost my brother. Wounded as we are, we still go on and attempt to function. My words can barely express how much I admired Jon. Some say one can judge a man by those who surround him, if that is the case then my brother was a remarkable man. His friends and associates have been fantastic in helping my family during this painful time and have eased our burdons greatly. For that and so much more we are  grateful.

 

We have cleaned out Jon's house (with the help of the wonderous Claire, my new best buddy Stan, his nephew Douglas, his beautiful bride Peggy, and the always wonderful, should have been born a Barnes Girl Cate) Some  his books have been distributed and we have more to go. (Speaking of which there is a book with an note attached that said it was a loan from Nancy but there is no last name, would the real Nancy please use the contact me in the lower left hand corner of the page and let me know how we can arrange it's return)  

I have been attempting to catch up on things long neglected at my home and discovered a desk underneath a pile of papers in my office. My cats recognized me and we have a new member of our family. (She is a cute little callico named "Collage".) I even have captured 2 of the pesky raccoons that decided our attic was a nice place to set up housekeeping. (Don't worry they were released at a Metro Park near our home unharmed) Also for those of you who had the pleasure of being maimed by Sammy he is living in NC with our brave kid sister Julie. Claire and her lovely daughters will be here to celebrate Jon's birthday at Barnes Manor north and I have a few tours planned for them.


There have been the startings of a commitee to organize a Race in Jon's memory. We are hoping during the weekend of August 7th we can have a meeting to further this cause and get the ball rolling. I suggest we host the meeting at the Executive Inn East so yours truly can get his Hot Brown fix satisfied.

I have added a  new account to my aol. Please feel free to send any email regarding the race, any fundraising, or passing of books to: DocJonsRun@aol.com

p.s. I have the guest / greeting book from Jon's service and will be scanning it along with some of Jon's poetry to post up here.



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