As I stepped off the plane that I shared with @steemmatt where he slept for pretty much the entirety of the flight (bastard), I popped my phone on to get bombarded by a gazillion messages alerting me of the death of Stan Lee. Not that it was super surprising given his age of 95 and his recent plethora of health problems, but I found myself insanely bummed. Odd that the 2 creators of my favorite Superhero in Spider-Man, both passed within a few months of each other. I’ll do a proper write up on Stan as I did for Mr. Ditko when he passed...but that will have to wait.

More pressing was the news I received a couple of hours later, that my sister in law Liz has just had a massive heart attack today, and the outlook is not looking promising. I still cannot get a hold of my brother Pat and it’s been a game of telephone so far with the siblings. I’m 5 of 6 and my brother and one of my sisters are not the best at keeping in touch with the rest of us so we are relying on second hand word for now.

My sister in law was also my sister Marcia’s best friend growing up and was like family long before she was actual family. We went on vacation together and was like a sister to me in my early teenage years. In recent years she has had many health problems but this is the worst it’s been.

Outside of my sadness for the situation regarding her condition, my concern immediately went straight to my brother and their son. How will they cope with the situation if this does not turn around? I’m waiting for word from my one sister to see if she can find out more. We are kinda shut out at the moment and just hanging on...waiting for some hopefully positive news. It sucks to be riding on a high from the past few Amazing days of SteemFest, just to come back home and be kicked in the nuts by a harsh reality. I have this helpless feeling right now inside, that is just sitting with me. Hoping for some positive news soon. I miss you all already and hope your commutes back home were smooth and that your transition back to reality goes a bit smoother than mine. Ill update and be back when I know more.

Blewitt

UPDATE @ 1:20 pm EST 11/13

We got the call this morning that Liz had passed. I spoke to my brother and he’s a mess but doesn’t want us to come up tonight. I feel like I should respect his wishes but I also feel like he should be around people right now. It’s a lot for him or anyone to process and handle. Just shit news all around. Thank you all for the kind wishes. You all are wonderful people and I’ll be hitting you all up shortly.