{"id":4809,"date":"2016-12-09T10:34:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2016-12-11T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T20:53:25","slug":"personal-note-from-stevekier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/personal-note-from-stevekier\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Note from SteveKier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Alex-yellow-rocks.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/personal-note-from-stevekier\/alex-yellow-rocks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Alex-yellow-rocks.jpg?fit=640%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alex-yellow-rocks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Alex-yellow-rocks.jpg?fit=640%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4810\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Alex-yellow-rocks-300x295.jpg?resize=300%2C295\" alt=\"alex-yellow-rocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Alex-yellow-rocks.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Alex-yellow-rocks.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>You may have noticed that I&#8217;ve not been posting lately.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t already know, I&#8217;ve been knocked off my horse by the <a href=\"http:\/\/thesouthern.com\/news\/local\/communities\/carbondale\/friends-remember-siu-student-who-died-in-carbondale-fire-as\/article_ddd2c52d-940f-5f2f-9f48-dcf648e26709.html\">death of my son Alex a few weeks ago<\/a>, the day before Thanksgiving. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alex.kierstead\">Alex<\/a> was a shining light in our lives and we are struggling\u00a0to come to grips with his departure. \u00a0That process will no doubt continue\u00a0for a good while. \u00a0We are grateful for\u00a0the many, many friends who have wrapped us up in their love and support as we work through it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unthinkable that the flood of daily insults to intelligence and decency that is the looming Trump Administration will not rouse me to get back to commenting, but I&#8217;m not there yet. \u00a0Thank you for your patience.<\/p>\n<p>Peace,<\/p>\n<p>Steve<\/p>\n<p>P.S., Services celebrating\u00a0Alex will be on December 17 and 18. \u00a0Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healychapel.com\/memsol.cgi?page=services&amp;user_id=1881396\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/personal-note-from-stevekier\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 4809,  \"nonce\": \"7ca83600d7\", \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"NTD Officers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=475&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"2022 Election\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=11490&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"Personal Note from SteveKier\" }) });<\/script><!-- end sktbuilder starter -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed that I&#8217;ve not been posting lately. 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