Idn't it great?

I am taking a two week hiatus from any food related posts in order to spend some time back east with Flick and his family.  In fact, I am writing this as we put together picture boards for my father-in-law's memorial service tomorrow.  I can't believe it.

I have been blessed with an amazing family that only grew infinitely larger when Flick and I got married.  I could not ask for better in-laws.  Bob and Caryl treated me like a daughter from the get go and it means the world to me.  I can't fully wrap my head around the fact that Bob has been taken from us, not this soon.  I am glad to have gotten to know him and learn from him over the past 8 years but wish that we had many more ahead of us.  When I sent out the email to let everyone know that I had enabled the 'follow by email' functionality, he wrote me back to let me know that he was a closet follower who always got a good chuckle out of my posts.  I hope he is reading this now and knows how much I love and admire him and all that he has done.

Bob genuinely appreciated everything and everyone in his life and I think that was one of his most special qualities.  His catch phrase for living was 'Idn't it great?'.  I am so grateful to have had him in my life.