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Yesterday was an adventure. We woke at 5 am and left at 6 for the airport as we were taking a helicopter around the islands. After going through our pre-flight right before the four of us were to board, the pilot said he needed to cancel due to low hanging clouds. Ugh, another cancellation. Oh well we made the best of it and moved on.<\/p>\n

Soon we were back at our hotel and Lori and the boys went paddleboarding. I staked out four chairs in the sun for them when they were done. We pretty much hung out until about 3 when we started getting ready to go to our friends house. By 5:30 we arrived at James and Francesca’s house. All three kids were there which was fun for our guys as they all know eachother. They also had friends from California with their 3 little kids. At first I didn’t know who they were but the guy, Robert was a big guy all tattooed up. Soon after we were hanging out talking I realized who he was. Robert was the former Oakland Raider lineman that was the number 2 pick in the NFL draft years ago. He’s from Iowa and went to school about 30 minutes from where I went to college. Their youngest, a boy, really took a liking to Jag. Jagger was very gracious and spent a lot of time with him. The boys also talked a lot with Robert (Gallery) and Jag asked him what he weighed in high school. Turns out he was 6’7″ and about 200 pounds when he graduated but then added another 125 in college! Jag felt better as he’s been eating everything in sight trying to gain weight. Sadly Lori and I look at food on this trip and we gain weight, but that’s ok. James and Francesca met them when they lived in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n

Robert and his wife, who he met in college, were super nice down to earth regular people and we all had a blast. As I said earlier we had pork instead of turkey which was a nice change. We all did a toast saying what we were thankful for and it turns out this is the first Thanskgiving in 26 years James was not on the road and home with the family. He leaves Saturday for some shows on the west coast but we’ll all hook up again early December when the tour is over. Ty swam a bunch in their salt water pool and jumped off the lava rocks 33 times into the pool! We all had fun but were all tired by about 9 pm.<\/p>\n

This morning we’re moving to a day room (a smaller room) until we leave around 3 for the aiprort. They’re giving us a small room super cheap so we have some place to put our stuff and shower before leaving. We take off around 7 and land in Denver bewtween 6 and 7 am.<\/p>\n

Before I go, here’s a post from a 27 year old girl that passed away from cancer. Her family didn’t see the post until after she died and even though it’s long, I encourage you all to read it. Have a great day, we’ll talk to you all soon, Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless.<\/p>\n

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27 year old dies tragically from cancer, then family discovers Facebook message from 24 hours earlier<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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Death is something that everyone has to face at some point in their life. Whether it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the death of a close relative or if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re struggling for your life \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never easy to face death alone.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, most people don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to think about this until they grow old, but sadly some people face up to it at a much younger age. Holly Butcher was one of them.<\/p>\n

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When Holly turned 26, she began to think a lot about death after being diagnosed with a malignant cancer.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

She decided to write one last letter before she passed away, and posted the heartbreaking letter on her Facebook page on January 3rd, 2018.<\/p>\n

Less than 24 hours after she published the farewell letter, Holly passed away, surrounded by her family.<\/p>\n

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Now her message is reaching people around the world, and everyone is touched by Holly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s words.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

She starts her letter:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a strange thing to realise and accept your mortality at 26 years young. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just one of those things you ignore. The days tick by and you just expect they will keep on coming; Until the unexpected happens. I always imagined myself growing old, wrinkled and grey- most likely caused by the beautiful family (lots of kiddies) I planned on building with the love of my life. I want that so bad it hurts.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n