Grandma's House

It's been a hard day mortality-wise. The 8.9 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 12,000 people in Indonesia, while here at home we've lost two well-known personalities. In today's Obituaries in the News, former Green Bay Packer Reggie White passed away at the age of 43. Since his retirement from football, he worked day in and day out with inner city children, and will be sorely missed. In the medical field, Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb, a cardiac and pediatric surgeon, committed suicide at the age of 45. Dr. Drummond-Webb had an excellent reputation in the surgical field, with a mortality rate of only 2%. That is phenomenal, considering the high-risk patients he dealt with. His skills cannot be replaced. Our condolences go out to all of the families of the lost in this post. Any time of year it's hard to lose someone; around Christmas seems especially tough.