Nov 04, 2004

Dear Brieanna,

It's been a really busy couple of months. I'm sorry I haven't written. This last week I had a sharp pain in my stomach, which got more and more intense, to the point where I couldn't bare the pain. I drove myself to the emergency room. They took a urine sample, and within just a few minutes the pain went away. It turned out to be a kidney stone. They did a cat scan, and told me that it had passed, and there were no more. It truly was one of the most painful things that I've ever felt. It's amazing that something the size of a grain of sand could cause so much pain.

I have some good news. Melanie is going to have another baby. She is about 2 months pregnant. So you will have yet one more sister or brother. We wont find out the baby's gender for a few more months. Our home is small, so Melanie has been been reorganizing it so that we can have room for this new baby. I'm sorry that you haven't gotten to know any of your siblings, except for Asher. I know that you loved him. I have personal knowledge that it is lonely growing up as an only child. This is one of the reasons, I've wanted to have a large family, with lots of children running around and playing. My children give me joy. Having you taken from us has been so hard. I know that someday you will come visit us.

Love,

Dad.