My Sweet Uncle Rodger
It's taken me some time to write this post, but I wanted to share with you some of my memories of one of my most special family member Rodger Decker Waters. So things have been just a little crazy at the MacDonald Farm. It all started about a month ago. Just like most families the kids have been keeping us busy with all manner of activities. Then my calling was keeping me busy with what seemed like a flurry of health and sickness issues in our family ward. Then I received a call from my family that after a fairly long battle with Alzheimer's my sweet little Uncle Rodger had slipped into a coma and wasn't doing well at all. We knew that the time was coming soon and then needed to start preparing for another trip down to Las Vegas. Rodger stayed in the coma for 2 days and then peacefully slipped away on October 10th, one week after his 55th birthday. We packed up our car & the kids and drove to Las Vegas to be with our family. That Saturday was his funeral. Words c...