A Great Loss

This past week our dear Nanny died after a long battle with cancer. We were incredibly close to Nanny and thus far it has been the hardest trials we've dealt with on the field.

One of the hardest things about being on the field is that you just can't up and fly home in case of family emergency. To us this was just that, a family emergency and one of the hardest things our family has had to face in a while.

The problem with losing a loved-one in the states and being so separated by oceans is that without a funeral there really isn't a close to grieving. It feels like the loss isn't real and it terribly hard to except the loss. After a week of depression and many tears we are finally getting over the initial shock of losing someone who has been so dear to us.

We will miss you forever Nanny and our hearts ache with your absence, we love you!

Below is the obituary that appeared in the Star Telegram paper:

Doris Miller, 79, of Arlington passed away Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, at an Arlington hospital after a long battle with cancer surrounded by her children.
Service: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Church of Christ, 1401 Hillcrest, Arlington, with Woody Woodrow officiating. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Moore Funeral Home.
Doris was a loving mom, nanny and great-nanny as well as a great friend to many. She was an active member of Hillcrest Church of Christ and a devoted volunteer with Hearts & Hands.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Miller; parents, Schley and Pearl Reeves; and sister, Lorraine Patterson.
Survivors: Daughters, Sandy Zahir and her husband, Bijan, of Arlington, Nancy Leslie and her husband, John, of Mansfield and Joan Turner and her husband, Mike, of Springtown; son, Jim Miller and his wife, Rebecca, of Arlington; brother, Dewey Reeves of Tecumseh, Okla.; sister, Bernice Kilgrew of Tulsa, Okla.; nine grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren.