I found out last night that my uncle passed Sunday morning. He has had lymphoma diagnosed more than a year, and after a stem cell transplant that ha could not have, the docs estimated he might live til Thanksgiving. My mom is with my aunt as she has been there to help out for most of the past year or so as my aunt had a lung transplant in August of 2002.

It is all an interesting dynamic. She and my dad are both so much happier apart, yet I am fairly certain there will be no divorce. I imagine she might stay to help my aunt through her grief and also help her maintain for more of her own recovery.

Funeral is Thursday, cremation to follow.