Susan Rhein, Bears Superfan


Hello fellow bloggers,

I wanted to write and say thank you for your wonderful words of encouragement, thoughts and prayers. We as a family are trying to do our best to stay focused and to muddle forward one day at a time as best we can. We have two other children to care for, Christian who is three and sitting upon my shoulders in this picture and Anthony who just turned one on the 28th of December, he was at home with my Sister Donna the day this picture was taken at Bears Training Camp 2007.

The Daily Journal took this picture on opening day of Training Camp 2007 while Christian was sitting upon my shoulders and as you can see, Cindy was trying her darnedest to get into that picture as well because, she was jealous that Christian was on my shoulders. Cindy didn't quite understand why Auntie Susie couldn't put both her and Christian on her shoulders at the same time. What you don't see in this picture is my other Niece, Samantha, she was attempting to hold Cindy but, Cindy wanted to be with me.

Yes, I spoiled those kids rotten and was bringing them up properly as true Bears Fans. I had Tony & Christina with me in 2006 at training camp when Cindy was just a baby and Tony was having the players autograph Cindy's butt after practice. It was a fun family outing.

Thanks again for being a shoulder to lean on.

GO BEARS

Susan Rhein, Bears Superfan


Hello one and all, I'm sorry I have been away for quite awhile and missed a lot of blogging at the end of the season. I'm truly sorry for that but, my life has been nothing short of a living hell since December 13th when the little girl who is in this picture with me, my Great Niece, Cindy, died in my home on her 2nd birthday.

We, her parents and I, are still unable to comprehend as to why she is no longer with us. The autopsy that was performed showed that there was no "foul play" and that she died of "natural causes." I'm having a real rough time with accepting that as the reson for her death. A toxicology and neurology tests are being done but, we probably wont hear anything with regards to those test results until March the earliest and May the latest according to the detective who is on the case.

All I ask for is prayers that we as a family get through this very rough period of time that we are going through and that the ME's Office (Medical Examiner) can provide us with a better explanation of why a very happy, healthy and full of life two year old child is no longer with her family.

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