As of late, some of you may have noticed I haven’t been hanging around here as much as usual. Well, I was reluctant to post the reason behind my absence, but at the prompting of one of you wonderful people (you know who you are and thank you), I have decided to make a formal announcement in order to save future grief and explanation.

As some of you know, my wife and I were expecting our first child together sometime in October. Things did not go well and we lost the baby. My wife and I went in for her check up and the baby had not developed beyond six weeks. By the end of the week, her body realized the baby was not growing and she miscarried.

Holly and I have been blessed with three wonderful, handsome, caring boys from previous marriages and we have chosen not to attempt to have another but rather enjoy the time we have with “the boys” and wait for them to grow up and bring grandchildren to us.

As stated at the beginning, I was reluctant to post this and am not looking for sympathy or empathy. I merely wanted to let everyone know at the same time so as to save myself from having to explain it to a number of you individually.

Thanks for listening

M

I'm so sorry for you and your wife!! I have a close friend here in SF who went through the exact same situation two months ago. I give you my condolences for your loss, and at the same time wish you all the good fortune for the future.

Best wishes on a speedy recovery for your wife,

C

Mike, I'm really sorry to hear this news. God Bless You & your Wife. Take care.

Mike(Mag)

May God bless you and your family!

...octo

Mike

Sorry to read the post and hope all is well now!

Charlie

Sorry to hear this. Hope all is well with you and your wife.

God bless...

Low

Our prayers are with you and your family Mike. God Bless!

I'm so very sorry to hear about your loss. You and your family will be in my thoughts.

Kevin

Very sad news Mike, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

I'm sorry for your family's loss. My family's prayers are with you and yours.

That's a very sad thing. My heartfelt condolences to you and your wife.

I know how hard it is to bring your loss into a public forum. But we are truly more than friends here...we are there for each other. The guys here are wonderful and seem to know just what to say or do.

I'm deeply sadden by your loss. I know how horrible it feels. I have no doubt that God's will is in place. But sometimes, we have to wonder why.

Please know that all of us are here for you and your family, whether publicly or privately...thanks for keeping in touch and I will keep you all in my prayers.

Marla

Mere words can not express what I am feeling right now.

Being a father of two boys I can not imagine what you and Holly had to go thru. One of our employees here and his wife had a similar situation last fall and it took its toll.

As many have stated, we are your extended family and are here to trash, bash, make fun of but most of all to be a much needed ear as some have already used us for.

We Are Family.

I am truly sorry for your loss.

My condolences to you and your family.

Thanks to each and every one of you for your condolences, thoughts and prayers.

We all get into each other's lives around here and I guess I forgot that for a while. It seemed easier to avoid than to open but now that it's been put out there I can really feel the love from all of you.

Holly and I had our grieving time, our anger time and now our peace with the situation. If you've read any of my interjections on other's posts for the last couple of days, you can see that I am back and feeling quite myself again. Thanks again for your caring, for listening and for your patience.

Wishing all of you the best,

Michael

Welcome back!

My heart goes out to you and your family. My sister had the exact same thing happen a few months ago and it was tough on our family, so I know the pain you have gone through. I glad to hear you have such a loving family to help you through these hard times. And I know the Cbid family will always be here to help too.

Take care,

choner

Mike...My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.My wife and I had the same experience aprox. 12 years ago. I believe alot of the greiving process is made much easier with a good support system and it sounds like you have that with your family at home and your extended family here.

God bless you and all your family!

Eric

Very sad indeed,I am so sorry for your loss.