I am very sorry for your loss, Staci.
I will keep you and your family in my prayers and I'm always there for you.
I can feel your sorrow, since I went with Manni to another funeral yesterday.
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/022.gif)
(I just felt, I couldn't leave him all alone) For one of Manni's eldest friends called Joachim Pfeifer, who was a distant cousin of his late wife, passed away at the age of 82 last Monday.
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/022.gif)
However Manni learned about that some days later. Despite I have never met Joachim in person, Manni used to tell me a lot about this talented man, who spent his free-time as an artist several times. For example, Joachim created very facinating silhouettes,drawings and calligraphic works.
For more information on Mr Pfeifer, just take a look at one report, which a fellow wrote about him about eight years ago.
http://www.scherenschnitt.org/v_kuenstler/pfeifer.html
[Note: All the silhouettes featured in that article were created by Joachim himself.]