This blog gives me a space to record my adventures, my successes and failures, my thoughts, and all things pertaining to my family and my extended family.
My amazing and wonderful mother-in-law, Coy Harmon, passed away last Monday, May 8th at 6:20 p.m. She was blessed with 90 years of love and legacy that she left behind. Link to the audio recording of her funeral: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1_bgcEkd4E8Wt9xhpE1F_4p_aq2zPi1zG She had been having some health issues in recent months, especially with her heart, and went in on April 20th to get a CT scan. The results showed that her entire liver was engulfed in tumors, and there were signs that tumors were elsewhere, too. She was sent to the cancer specialist the very next morning to discuss what to do. The diagnosis was late-stage liver cancer, and the prognosis was bleak. There would be no surgery to remove the tumors, because they would have to remove the entire liver and get a transplant. Not something viable for a 90 year old woman . . . There would be no chemotherapy, either. Instead, she was told to line up some hospice care and that when the time came, the doctors w
A true gentleman, my father-in-law, Phil Harmon, passed away on Leap Day 2024. (Feb 29th) It was a surprise, but then it wasn't a surprise. He had been steadily declining in health since last May, when his wife, Coy, passed away. He had lived a wonderful and full life, 92 years' worth. I would like to share a few of my thoughts, as well as some of the details that happened leading up to his death. Link to the obituary: https://www.eckersellfuneralhome.com/obituary/philip-harmon Philip Milton Harmon was born on 18 October 1931 in San Jose, CA. He was the first child born to Wesley and Helen Gordon Harmon, followed by a younger brother, Donald, approximately 18 months later. He sure was a cute baby! Helen Gordon Harmon is holding her son Don, while Wesley Harmon is holding his son Phil. Phil and his beautiful mother, Helen Phil later joined the Navy and eventually signed up with the Army Reserves, too, after his Naval career was completed. In the U.S. Navy, he was a musician.
To start off the week strong, I worked hard to clean up and re-organize my food storage room. Scott and I have purchased many #10 cans of various dehydrated foods over the years, starting when we were somewhat newly married. We purchased a year's worth of food storage from a company and have hauled it all around with us for about 25 years. (We've been married for 28) As we have purchased more and more #10 cans in recent years, it has caused us to wonder about the freshness and safety of some of the older cans. So, we decided to try a couple of experiments this week by cracking open some cans and sampling the contents. We had to be very brave. First Experiment: Powdered Milk Abby was a little bored, so I offered to pay her if she would work hard and help me with the cans of powdered milk. She helped haul the cans up one at a time from the storage room to the kitchen, lugging about 9 cans in all. (I had counted 11 earlier, but couldn't find the other 2. Eventually I found the
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