Jack Ellis, 26.11.07

Jack Ellis, aged 92 passed away yesterday.

We affectionately knew him as Uncle Jack. A charming, fiercely independent and delightful person who we shall miss.

Rest in Peace uncle Jack.

7 weeks in

man.... seven weeks into joshua's life and adjusting to being a family of four. it has been a very tiring two months. we had plenty of advise saying that these will be hard days ahead with two youngsters.

recently, joshua has been in hospital with RSV which meant that angie had to go in too. its been 4 days now. he'll be ok and the doctors aren't too worried. as a parent, i'm starting to accept worry as part of the job description.

this meant that for the second time, the first being when we had joshua, we had to apply ourselves to different areas for an extended time period. angie took joshua and i took caleb. now i've been away several times and angie has naturally looked after the family, but never have we separated in this fashion where we had a child each for such long lengths of time. i guess this is the second of many more times to come... it maybe familiar to many, but it something that i am just starting to learn.

so for a third time in my life, the first marriage and the second having caleb, i feel like saying that things will never be the same again (and again and again).