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Andy and the Graff Spec families have received hundreds of get well cards during Eileen

And nearly two months now…
Andy and the boys are finding comfort in the many memories. Yesterday Andy and Wendy found this Irish Prayer on an ornament in the Christmas box:

May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields and, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.
Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the

As we grow older we gain wisdom through life experiences.

We ask questions and sometimes we get no answers.

Sometimes if we just listen the answers are there waiting for us.

Waiting for us to understand.

Eileen believed. She believed in Heaven.

Visitation will be
Thursday, October 15, 2009
2:00 – 4:00 and 6:00 – 8:00
at the
John Syka Funeral Home
833 Kennedy Drive
Ambridge, PA

No more suffering.
Leenie is now in heaven.

Pray for comfort.

They will be “starting” hospice.
Uncle Andy & Andy Jr are staying the night in her room.

She is sedated. The ventilator is on the highest level to support her breathing. She seems flushed but her temperature is only 99. Her pulse is good. Her oxygen level is 94. They are trying a new antibiotic on the pneumonia. They are concerned about another cardiac arrest. I am staying here while Andy and Andy Jr. went home to shower. They are coming back to spend the night.

We need all the prayers we can get right now.