Hi everyone. It's been quite some time since I've updated this TR and I'm sad to say that I'm not going to be able to keep up with it.
Not because I don't want to update anymore, but it's just going to be very difficult for me and it's out of respect.
Halfway through this trip, we had 3 very good friends of ours fly down to meet us and enjoy the second have of the trip, it was for our friend Kelcie's high school graduation. It was belated, as her father had passed away suddenly the year we were supposed to go together. Fastforward another year and a half and her Mom was able to make it happen and they met us for four days of this trip.
Her Mom, Gloria, was the one who made it happen.
The reason that I'm unable to continue is because Gloria passed away very suddenly just last week. She was diagnosed with an Aortic Dissection, which is a rarer issue that comes up with tearing in the inner wall of the aorta. It's identical to what John Ritter had when he passed away so suddenly. It's been very difficult for all of us, adding to the fact that they live in California. We were supposed to be meeting them in August at
Disneyland as well.
This is very difficult as now her dear children Kelcie and Brandon are left without both parents in their early twenties, in addition to her oldest Vanessa, who is my age. I can't fathom what they're going through at this time.
I hope you understand why it will be difficult for me to write the remainder of this TR, as they were a part of it. I will leave you with some great memories of our time together on this trip.
Thank you so much for your understanding.
How incredibly difficult for those kids. Thank goodness they got to spend the time together on this trip, but how sad. I hope they are able to help each other through this extremely challenging time. My heart goes out to their family (and yours as well). 
Lots of hugs to you all. I completely understand why you're not finishing this TR and respect your decision.
