"We originally started this blog to provide the many concerned and caring persons, like you, a method to stay up-to-date on our family..."
These words have been the introduction of this blog, (in the left sidebar) for over three years. Since Jeanne's death, I have contemplated whether or not to continue to use the blog. I mentally wrote and re-wrote a "farewell" message. After thinking on it more, I decided I would continue to use the site, but with news about all of us. It was appropriate the blog was focused on Jeanne. Just as the focus of our family's daily lives is changing, so the blog will reflect a transition. This is not to say that we will not write about Jeanne. In fact, I am preparing a new blog posting with some memories of Jeanne shared by others at the memorial service.
As well, I recently changed the name of the our Hazleton Medical bank account to the Hazleton Memorial account. I have deposited all of the contributions to the Jeanne Hazleton Midwife Education fund into this account until I have a plan for dispersing these funds. (more on that in a later blog posting.) I made the change because I feel we are no longer in need of financial contributions, and ideally, I hope to maintain an education fund for an extended period of time.
Jeanne's use of the blog touched many people. I just ran into someone yesterday that expressed her appreciation for Jeanne's openness and humor in her writings. This person did not know Jeanne personally, but she felt very close as a result of this blog. I wish that I could say my entries will be so enlightening. I have always tended to be more private than Jeanne. As well, our writing styles are different. For instance, she used to say I used too many commas, and I was overly concerned about punctuation, etc. (Hey, I was an English major for two years. ) Much to Jeanne's chagrin, I would sometimes edit her writing before we posted it on the blog. After she told me how everyone loved reading her postings, even the unedited versions, I stopped muddling, and let her have at it. It's just one of those things that I look back on and wish I had not been so uptight about, and focused on more important things....like her.
Thank you and may God bless you,
Pat Hazleton
