On January 25, I posted that personal matters would take me away from blogging for a while.  That was the time my mom, Mary Lou Lannan, was placed in hospice care.  She  lived a good, long life at age 92 and passed on January 26.

My mom was the most intelligent person I ever knew.  Had she been born 20-30 years later, I could see her running a nonprofit or going to law school.  But at the time she married my dad in 1950, she devoted herself to being a mom.  She was very good at it.

I will always remember her smile and everything she taught me and my five siblings.  The one message she always gave me was this – never hold a grudge, life is too short.  She lived by that credo and I have strived to meet that goal all my life.

It was good to be around my family as we buried my mom.  It was therapeutic to be around so many good people wanting to honor her life.

I want to sincerely thank many readers of this blog and a number of people that I cover in my reporting.  So many of you reached out with thoughts of sympathy.  Every single one was  so much appreciated by my family and myself.

I still have much to  do in handling my mom’s affairs and estate, but it is time for me to head back to my computer and start writing again, covering local Fishers news.  I have some catching-up to do and may not post as often as I ease back into my volunteer activity.  But there is so much going on and I will do my best to let people in Fishers know what’s happening here, as best I can.

Thanks for your patience.  Thanks for reading.