I don't even know how to write this. We are all so very sad. Melonie Schollmeyer, a vibrant woman, our relative and friend, became suddenly ill over the weekend and passed away. Details at this point are sketchy. **(The following is updated info as of noon Monday)** Melonie's children, Brittany and Robert, just had their Confirmation on Saturday evening. Melonie was not feeling well enough to attend, and stayed at home with flu-like symptoms. Afterward the children, Mary, and Cheryl all visited with Mel before going taking the children to spend the night with Tom. The next day Cheryl and Mary could not raise Melonie by telephone and so asked Tom to go see how she was doing. He did so (thankfully the children stayed in the car) and found Melonie had passed away in the bedroom. The Medical Examiner's Office is doing an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Mary Wroten, Mel's mom, and her sister Cheryl Wroten, are understandably still in somewhat of a shock today. I am ...
For all you non-believers... here's photographic proof that I put my face totally underwater... about 40 feet underwater in fact. That's me on the left. In Kauai... well, off the coast of Kauai. Jimmy decided that for my birthday present we should go to Hawaii to get my "mind off things." Well, it worked. It is difficult to be worried or depressed when surrounded by such beauty. And then I took the opportunity to do something I have always longed to do but have always been too fearful... scuba dive. Took two lessons in a swimming pool and then went for this introductory dive. Note the death grip I have on the instructor's arm, ha! The fish were beautiful but the best part was when a HUGE sea turtle swam up beside me and kept pace with us, swimming along with his flipper almost touching my shoulder, his head cocked to look me over and check me out. So which one of us was sight-seeing??
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