Sad News Today…

They found my cousin Evelyn in the front yard dead yesterday. It shocked me to the core. She was just 44 years old. Apparently she was going to get the mail and collapsed in the yard and died. A massive brain aneurism is the preliminary cause of death. She was an entomologist and barely escaped with her doctorate at Auburn University when early onset schizophrenia hit (it unfortunately runs in the family). Dad is in Prattville, Alabama with the family as I write this. He left very early this morning as it is a rather long drive. I called him this morning and got the news. Dad always liked to brag that Evelyn knew the scientific name of every butterfly that frequented the South and she surely did. She always was extremely nerdy. She never married or had any kids.