basically, october sucked. the kids were sick with swine flu for what seemed like forever and we were either locked up in the house or at the doctor the whole time. i missed my market days and the kids were out of school for two weeks each.
as evidenced by my last post, norton passed away on october 30th. dad and i went up to paradise (the day before) and were there to support my aunt. i was blessed to be in the room when he died (peacefully and surrounded by family). it was an interesting and cathartic experience (which i'll detail later in the week).