moving on closure

I received a copy of the report on the accident that dad was involved in from the Kansas Highway Patrol but it was pretty much consistent with what we had been told. They did a reconstruction but we won't get a copy of that report for awhile. I got copies of pictures of the truck after the accident and the truck he collided with. It is such a bitter sweet feeling to view them because God so very obviously protected his trucking partner but chose to take daddy. He and his partner were very good friends and we consider his family good friends to ours. His wife sent me the pictures and we hope to stay in close contact. Buddy (his partner) and his wife celebrated 24 years of marriage the day before dad's funeral. Buddy and Nancy's pastor used the accident in a sermon, Nancy said, in reference to the miracle of Buddy's survival. He was uninjured. Mark and I have discussed the appropriateness of putting the pictures on the blog and we decided against it. If friends and family want to view them, they can e-mail me and I will send them. Mark and I went to Kansas City to lunch with Ailene and Ike yesterday and then back in St. Joseph, we did some shopping and saw a movie. It was good to get away for the day.