Anyone who knew David knew that he loved kids. I have four nieces and a nephew who adored him, too, and couldn’t wait for us to have kids so they could have cousins. Michael, being the only boy with four sisters, put in a special order for a boy cousin or two… or maybe three.
Allan, [...]

A memorial service is planned for Wednesday evening, December 28, at Tripp House in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where David and I had originally planned to marry on October 1. Friends will have the opportunity to share stories and memories during the program.
The details are as follows:

Wednesday, December 28
Program: 7-9 pm
(light fare will be served 9-10 pm)
Tripp [...]

David Lee Fielding
May 30, 1967 - December 18, 2005

(Photo: November 2001)
Lieutenant Colonel David Fielding
Squadron Commander
Mount Pocono Composite Squadron 207, Civil Air Patrol
High Flight
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds–and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of–wheeled and [...]

Allan posting again. It has been a very long night and day. I called Gail this evening and we spoke briefly. We are now nearing the end and she wanted some time alone with David.
The sheer speed and inexhorable spread of the disease are horrifying. Gail said that we are [...]

Allan & Cheryl again. We just got off the phone with Gail, who updated us with the following to pass on to you.

This is Cheryl - Gail just called and asked me to post here. Gail has been up all night monitoring David. Checking on him once an hour. He’s been getting less responsive - she had to call 911 this morning and David was taken to hospital by ambulance. She’s at the hospital with David [...]

So I finally left Blogger and taught myself enough PHP, CSS, and other web gobbledy gook in two days to patch together a site. It wasn’t a painless procedure — many times I wanted to give up trying to import posts from Blogger (1, 089!) and comments from Haloscan (1,519!), but I persevered and [...]

I realised after reviewing my post on Month Three, I started counting from the 16th, when we met with the oncologist and David started treatment. The diagnosis was actually Friday, August 12, otherwise known to me as Black Friday.
Month Four was another turning point in David’s health; chronically low blood counts weren’t a problem before. [...]

I’ve discovered it simply isn’t possible to take care of David properly, get him to his appointments and therapies, look after the house and cat, communicate with everyone I’d like, take photos or write, make up cards and packages, and hold on to my sense of humour or sanity at the same time. Something had [...]

Definitely an indoor cat, Hugh makes two attempts at venturing out into the first big snowfall of December ‘05, then decides snow is overrated.
Music: “It’s a Marshmallow World” - Dean Martin