Where To Start?

I really don't know how to write this except to state the facts of the last few days. I don't have the energy to to do any more. The wedding festivities could not have been any more wonderful. God was all over the whole thing, and Joshua and Jen are now sailing on the Caribbean. I still can't begin to write about Israel, in time it will come. We knew ever since we got home that our days with Spike were few. This morning, we said goodbye to our precious furry family member of almost 14 years. We believe he was fighting a very fast growing melanoma cancer, and at best had a few days left but with pain. We chose to not prolong the pain for any of us. Tomorrow my sister will leave, and then we will go to Orlando with my brother, Bob, sister-in law, Renee', Carissa and Kaylee. Just a couple of days of down time to try to recover from the events of the past few months, weeks, days and hours. This has been a mixture of good and bad, but all of it has been high emotion. I'm just telling myself over and over that God won't give me more than I can take. He has been very close in each situation and we have known His presence.