Life at the Hatchery

Thanks to everyone for their kind words and support.

Things are going pretty good now. It was such a turbulent relationship that it was/is difficult to know exactly how to feel about this news. And while their were many ups and downs, I think that all of us kids knew (know) that he loved us very much. I feel like I have a lot of regrets, but yet I'm not sure if I would change anything, it's just hard since its so final. I guess it just would have been nice if things were different, but we are blessed to have Bruce in our lives to provide the stability and day to day support.

Obviously this affected Tom and Natalie the most and they are doing pretty much how you would expect. We are planning on visiting with them in mid-January to hopefully take care of things and lift their spirits with some familiar faces. Then sometime this spring/summer they will return to Michigan with the ashes and we will place half in a plot next to Grandma Hilley and the other half at the lake in Harrison. The cabin there is no longer in the family, so I think I'll see if there are any cabins we can rent and maybe hang out and share stories from the good times.

Oh, and I guess the autopsy revealed that he died from a heart attack, he was 62.