Charles Eugene Heeren

Last Friday Adam's dad Chuck passed away. He was diagnosed with ALS 6 years ago, and the disease finally brought him to the Lord. His funeral was yesterday and it was a beautiful service and lunch with lots of friends and family. We have spent every day since Friday over at the Heeren home with the rest of Adam's family. It has been nice to spend so much time with them and reminisce about Chuck. On Fathers Day, the Heeren family was able to come over to my parents house and swim for the day as well. It was so fun to have all the brothers over, and Andrea, and the nieces over to all swim in the pool. They all loved it and we were even able to get a crazy game of water volleyball going. I think it was also nice for Andrea to get out of the house, as her life for the past 4 years has been devoted to taking care of Chuck at their house. I was able to help the family by scanning all of Andrea's albums with every picture of Chuck. Adam and i put together 12 photo boards for the funeral, and i made a 15 minute video slide show of pictures and memories of Chuck.

Today is Adam's birthday! Bittersweet huh? 27 years old...I got up really early and snuck into the kitchen to make him blueberry french toast, then woke him up and brought him in for a gourmet breakfast! We are going to take Asa to the community center outdoor pool today and swim, and then tonight we are going to go to Benihana with his entire family to celebrate for dinner. Glad it is a sunny day for his birthday.