Hello to my dad's (Denny aka Bushwacker) friends on the forum,
I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank all of you for your kind condolences and support especially for my dad. It has been a tough couple of years for us both in caring for my mom's failing health. We suspect it was likely an atypical form of Parkinson's Disease that she was afflicted with, possibly something called Multiple System Atrophy which is something akin to Lou Gehrig's Disease. Patients with MSA don't live nearly as long as patients with regular Parkinson's; life expectancy is only about 5 - 10 years after diagnosis.
Between the Seacraft gatherings and the lobster mini-season in Key Largo, those gatherings gave my dad a much needed getaway to enjoy seeing all of you, to relax and take a break from caregiving. I think between his project engineering background and my computer network engineering skills that we were probably the first caregivers to "project manage" Parkinson's Disease so to speak!!
I hope that I'll have some "free time" to be able to attend one of the next gatherings or the lobster mini season this summer. I would really enjoy being able to meet all of you to thank you in person. The Restless Lady III Safari has brought my dad many years of enjoyment, and I'm grateful for all the friends he's made through this forum.
The performance forum, in particular, gives him a very much needed outlet for the MASSIVE amounts of technological knowledge in his brain! ;-) I've learned a great deal about car, boat, and jet engines over the years in listening to him, although I'm sure what I've absorbed is just a fraction of the things he knows!!
For those of you in the south Florida area and have time to join us, we are having a memorial service for my mom on Saturday, March 5 at 11 am in West Palm Beach at my church, First Christian Church, 215 S. Congress, West Palm Beach. It's just a bit north of the PBI Airport, between Palm Beach Lakes and Okeechobee Blvds.
Thanks again and hope to meet many of you at a future gathering!
God bless,
Susan Bushnell aka BushwackerToo
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