Dear, Sweet Man

My love, my heart has died.

Over the last few days, I could see a decline in Rob. He was in distress a lot. It was difficult to breathe. He was such a trooper - he really didn't let on that he was in pain or having trouble breathing. I could tell because of the way he took his breaths. Quick breaths. Shallow breaths. Using all of his muscles, not just moving his chest up and down.

2:25 this morning, he was able to leave his cancer-ridden body and join our daughter, his twin brother, and his grandparents in heaven. He was surrounded by me, our children, his parents, sister, and my mom. We were all cheering him on letting him know that it was OK to leave us.

He is the most amazing man. Kind, loyal, sensitive, caring, happy, artistic, wonderful, funny, loving. I love him with all my heart. He will be missed incredibly.

Funeral service will be sometime this week. Still working out the logistics - waiting for Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida family members to arrive. I will update as soon as I know.