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Day 1

Day 1

It is with a heavy heart and untold grief that I must inform you of Alex’s passing. Alex passed away some time between 10 pm the night before and the morning of may 7, 2009.

The morning of May 7, 2009 was a morning like so many others. I was up early fixing breakfast and making lunches for Truitt and Claiborne. We had a nice morning and then we were off to school. I dropped the kids off at school and came home. I waked into our bedroom as I usually do expecting Traci to still be asleep but found her up and at it. She was sitting on the sofa in our bedroom sipping her coffee. I told her I was going into Alex’s room MacBook in hand to answer some email and send out some work related information. Alex and I kinda shared the game room because it was so large. It was mostly her bedroom but I’d work in the corner of it sometimes too. She’d usually wake up sometime while I was working and then we’d chat it up as we usually did.

I walked into the room and saw her. I instantly knew. The next 15 minutes of that day will be seared into my brain forever. I will carry those never to be forgotten images to my grave. I remembered hearing myself scream. I blocked Traci from entering the room. I remember Alekzander running around looking for a phone to call 911... he was downstairs but from my reaction he already knew what happened. It was just the three of us at home that horrible morning and we all ended up it Alex’s room in stunned disbelief. Our lives would irreparably change from that minute forward.
Traci, the children and I are heartbroken to say the least. This has been a crushing experience and one that I’m beginning to see needs to be shared with others. I will be adding a few new paragraphs over the days to come in an attempt to chronicle how we get through this chapter of our life.

I hope this site finds someone that it can comfort and/or educate about the aftermath of loosing a family member. If you have questions or comments please email me.

Thursday, May 7, 2009