Monthly Archives: October 2014

This morning I went to log onto our BECU account and found out the online access had been closed! The bank received notice from Social Security that Darrel had died and he was the Primary account holder on that account. … Continue reading →

Frank & Trish have been great friends from DMYC for years now. They were also a part of our memorable Canada boating trip this year (and in past years.) I got this letter via email at about 6:00 PM on … Continue reading →

Carl Bryant and his lovely wife, Sara, and their two cutie-pie children, Waylon and Sydney, are part of our Des Moines Yacht Club (DMYC) family. Their wonderful parents, Bill and Judy, and their other son, Ken, and his beautiful family: … Continue reading →

It has been a week since we lost Darrel. It has been an incredibly busy, sad, weird, and even happy week. It was a week filled with family and friends. Everyone keeps asking how I am doing.  I am surviving … Continue reading →

I have to say that I am one lucky woman. I have the most amazing friends and family. First and foremost, Courtney has been such a rock for me. I know he is suffering too but he has been there … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 23, 2014 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM Open House Menu: Pork Chile Fixings for the Chile Margaret’s Famous Cornbread Darrel’s Favorite Dessert – Ice Cream – Make your own sundays (even though he just ate plain old ice … Continue reading →

Gosh, I just re-read my last two posts and realized how much I information I had already given. Well, as you can imagine, it has been a difficult couple of days. I just want to thank my family and friends … Continue reading →

Darrel died this morning at 8:00. It was amazing how quickly he faded. We had an appointment with Dr. Feldman on Thursday. Darrel was weak and I ended up using a wheel chair to take him back to the car. … Continue reading →

Not quite as exciting as the last one, but here it is… This has not been a good week in the Miller household. Darrel went downhill but it wasn’t until today that he crashed. He was actually doing okay and … Continue reading →

Darrel Soup Nights – A Definition: Soup Night for Darrel is an idea I came up with after reading, in various cooking magazines, about community soup nights. The ones I read about were to try to unite a neighborhood or … Continue reading →