Just a quick update for everyone who is on these lists. I know most of you know Mike passed away this past Saturday the 21st. He died in his sleep peacefully and is in a much better place.
I apologize if this is the first time you're hearing this news. I tried to call everyone I had numbers for.
Bri and I are doing ok. We are moving to a smaller house where we can keep Dakota. This may seem sudden but Bri turns 14 on the 25th of September and she wants to be settled in a new place to start with new memories for high school. She is taking it hard right now. She went back to school today. We are moving over Labor Day weekend so if you don't have any plans come help me out. Specific needs right now are trucks b/c I need to make a couple of landfill runs on Saturday and would like to get it done in one trip. I am cleaning Mike's basement which is a nightmare.
This is a generic email to everyone b/c I don't have the energy to sort out the locals versus those living out of state - disregard if you live too far away to help. We will be having a get together soon to celebrate Mike's life. He didn't want anything big but I'd like to see everyone. He will be cremated and scattered on Pikes Peak so he can blow with the wind to New Mexico (his words.) We will have a get together when Bri and I get back to Virginia so everyone can celebrate his life there too. He is going to be missed - he was loved by a lot of people. We are doing the scattering on October 3 which is the one year anniversary of his transplant. He loved you all - he is looking down on us from heaven while he's making the most beautiful music in the world with God!
If you know of someone who hasn't received the news yet please pass my telephone number on to them if they'd like to chat. I will continue to update the blog w/ new and improved news of our ongoing lives - Bri's adventures in high school and my adventures in being a single parent (which I confess scares me.) The blog site is www.hollidayfamilyinco.blogspot.com. Please feel free to stay in touch. He considered you all family and Bri and I would love to keep in touch with everyone.
Tonya Holliday
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