RICKY CLOYD PASSED AWAY JUNE 29TH 2010. HE WAS MY SON-IN-LAW, MARRIED TO OUR DAUGHTER, SHARON FOR 7 YEARS THIS JULY 4TH. TWO YEARS AGO HE STARTED LOOKING SICK AND WAS SICK BUT DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR AND HE JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE. FINALLY HIS FAMILY TOOK HIM TO EMERGENCY AND IT WAS TOO LATE TO SAVE HIM. HE WAS A DRINKER AND HAD CIRRHOUS OF THE LIVER AND EVERYTHING BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN. HE SPENT 3 WEEKS IN ICU ON MORPHINE AND TUBES AND FINALLY DECIDED HE HAD ENOUGH. ALL OF HIS FAMILY WAS THERE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER TO SAY GOODBYE AND SHARON WAS AT HIS SIDE WHEN HE PASSED.

IT'S SAD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR BODIES FROM NEGLECT. BUT ONE VISE IS NO DIFFERANT THEN ANOTHER. RICK DRANK, AND I EAT SUGAR AND THINGS I SHOULDN'T HAVE WITH MY DIABETIS. WE ALWAYS THINK, "IT WON'T HAPPEN TO ME", BUT THEN IT DOES. AND OUR FAMILIES ARE LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES. ONE THING WE HAVE TO HAVE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS IS NO REGRETS. SOMETIMES TOO MANY WASTED YEARS GO BY BEFORE FAMILIES MAKE UP AND THEN U THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAID AND WERE'NT. IF THERE IS SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, WHILE THEY ARE STILL HERE TELL THEM U LOVE THEM AND FORGIVE THEM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.