Good Night Nurse

Good night nurse was a phrase my brother, Roger, used to say.

I've been thinking about my brother a lot lately. The recent death of actor Patrick Swayze who died of the same disease may have brought these thoughts to my mind.
But, also, we have this stray cat that always comes around. Great, great cat and I would take him home if I could. But, I can't.
This cat has a couple of names that we call him, but the other day he comes in with a collar on and somebody put the name Roger on this cool cat.

That was kind of funny to me, but the truth is many people are still hurting over losing Roger.

I talked to his wife, Gayla, the other night by instant message on Facebook. Gayla was married to Roger so long that I consider her my own sister instead of a sister in law.
Roger's boys are still hurting, still grieving. It's been almost 2 years since his passing, but it doesn't seem any easier yet on anybody.

Maybe some day it might.

But, we all expected him to win his fight against cancer. We never expected him to lose and for us to lose. But, he did and we did and the pain still lingers.