the clouds, they hang Well.... one more twist to the Carl family's life. My new cousin (son of my new Uncle) was found today, shot dead in his room... suicide. I can't even begin to understand why or comprehend the pain going on in my Aunt and Uncle. Please, please, please pray for them. Plans for this weekend are totally modified. Dad and I are flying to Lynchburg on Thursday, as planned, visiting Liberty Thursday evening/part of Friday, then Dad, me, John + Ally (who were originally planning on spending the weekend in Boston) are driving up from Lynchburg to Philly for the Memorial Service. Mom, Grandaddy, and Ryan are flying to Philly on Friday. Dave and Uncle Tom are driving from NY to Philly on Friday. The memorial service is on Saturday. On Sunday, Dave and Uncle Tom are driving back to NY, getting on a plane, and flying to Florida for a week, Mom, Grandaddy, and Ryan are flying back to FL, and John, Ally, Dad, and I are driving back to Lynchburg, then just Dad and I are flying back to Florida. Hope that all made sense. It's insane, but we're used to insane by now.

Again, please just pray for my Aunt and Uncle as they are dealing with this incredibly immense amount of pain. Even though, I've never met my cousin, he was still family, and NEW family at that. I (and my family) were really looking forward to being a new part of his life and vice versa, but then this happened. It's hard. Pray.

-Jeff Carl  ¶ 2:09:00 AM