2042. Five Years ago today my Eternal Companion passed away, Feb. 21, 2016

 I have not felt good for 2 or 3 weeks.  I went to the Emergency Room 2 times last week, -- the first one for getting high blood pressure, and the 2nd one for a UTI.  I want to post another blog which I wrote 5 years ago today!  A lot of pictures of when we were on 2 different missions -- the first was Sweden in 1994-1995, and the second was in Connecticut, in 1999-2000.  We spent Y2K there, and wondered if all computers would shut down at the close of the century!  

1311. Five years ago today my Eternal Companion passed away, Feb. 21, 2016.

February 21, 2021
Today is a day to remember, and honor, as it is 5 years today that my dear eternal companion, Wayne D Eckman, passed away peacefully in the early hours of the morning, without pain! He had been through open heart surgery, hip surgery, 10 months of dialysis, and radiation for esophageal cancer. His last 3 weeks were completely from a feeding tube, and oh how he loved to eat!
Pictures are from a lot of phases of his life. Each one has a story to it. He loved life, sports, his family, the Gospel, etc. etc. and was so cheerful, congenial, loveable, and missionary minded!
One thing many didn't know about him was his absolute love of Grand Opera. When he was on his first mission in Sweden 1950-1953, his Mission Pres. once said they were all going to the Swedish Grand Opera that night. Wayne said "All that screeching!" But that night he got hooked, and in Sweden alone he saw Madame Butterfly, Rigoletto, Aida, and Carmen, and perhaps others. Whenever an opera came to town, he made sure we went to it! He has left a wonderful legacy and all his posterity loved how he would play family games, etc. and be the life of the party. He loved to say "I FEEL LUCKY!"

I will mostly post pictures, as I'm recovering from having Covid along with a right hip replacement 2 weeks ago tomorrow -- Feb. 8th.















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