Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I need to request prayers for a family. This fall I posted about my cousin's husband's brother (did anyone follow that?). Anyway, he had lung cancer. Never smoked even a single cigarette in his entire life. The doctors said he'd never make it to Christmas, but he sure did. He fought for a very long time but on Tuesday afternoon he passed away. He had 4 children. They are now 3, 5, 7, and 9.
He was the greatest guy. He helped me move into my apartment this past August, moving all the heavy stuff for me. He and my cousin's husband owned a car repair shop together and I can't even count the number of times those two got me out of tricky situations with my car. Whenever anything went wrong, they always fixed it for me in exchange for babysitting! Last year there were some obnoxious boys in my apartment complex giving us trouble and he came and gave them a piece of his mind so they'd leave us alone. He was such a great dad, too, always playing with his kids or doing something for them. I'm sure he's still watching over them even now. I'm not going to be able to make it home for the funeral, which is this afternoon. He will definitely be greatly missed.