Dear Ones,

I am so grateful for your patience and your support as I navigate the strangeness of life. Our son is stable on anti-seizure medication. The frontal lobe tumor is large but operable and highly likely to be benign. He can’t drive, so I will be taking him and his partner to Philadelphia on Wednesday, then back to Pittsburgh with my mom and GA. I’ll travel to Philly when the surgery is scheduled.

Helen will return one Sunday in July so we can have a proper goodbye service. We’ll schedule that as soon as we can. Again, thank you all. I am grateful for our relationship and our time together.

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Blessings and warm wishes, Rita