Christina Barnard
Dear Mugrage Family & Karen & Family,
I was in Humboldt when Mike passed. Mitzi & I cried. Mike was such a good person and touched so many hearts. He was extremely intelligent and had a brilliant business sense even when he was very young. I never met anyone who didn't like him. He worked hard and lived a very successful life. He would probably do anything he could to help a friend out.
Karen I think it is wonderful that you were his partner in life. He once told me how special of a person you were to him. I feel that you all made a great couple and I know you would have done anything for him and he would for you as well. He needed and wanted you for his life partner. You must be honored to have been his special woman. I think it's great how he considered you daughter as his own and her child. He always loved family.
My older son is a paratrooper in the Army and been to Iraq and Afghanistan twice. When he was in Afghanistan the second time his wife had a baby and with him at war and post partum depression became too much for her. When the baby (Abby) was 3 months old my daughter-in-law shot herself in the head and killed herself. My son had to come back to the states for a humanitarian reassignment because he had a 3 month old child to take care of and burry his wife. The grieving process has been real rough. My son came to my house as he was stationed at Ft. Leavenworth and pretty much had me take care of Abby. This was real hard on me since I'm so old and I was grieving trying to figure this out. She called me the night before she did it and asked if she could come live with me until he returned from Afghanistan and of course I said yes then the next morning she committed suicide and left no note. Fortunately enough, my personal banker was here one evening as we are friends and Chris came over and they just fell in love and a year later married. The ironic thing is she cannot have children so she had this tiny baby girl that was all hers. It's a miracle how God works.
I don’t mean to be long winded so in closing please know I am praying for all of you to be strong and get through the grieving process as best as you can.
Sincerely from my heart,
Christina Barnard AKA (a long time ago) Cricket
