A wanted to share with everyone an update in my life.
My family has suffered a very sad and tragic loss. My Father-n-law, Doug Roof, was in a car accident on Thursday and he did not survive.
I decided to blog about this loss because to me, he was so relevant to IPS and the IPS School Board.
Years ago Doug ran for the IPS Board, he lost to Stephen Hyatt. And at another time he interviewed to fill an empty seat between elections, and at that time Marianna Zaphiriou was chosen.
He was also my biggest supporter. I spent many, many hours and nights around the kitchen table talking to him about my goal of winning a seat. You see, we have shared a home with Doug for the last 6 years. He was a member of our immediate family. Doug was the first person to pull out his checkbook and donate to my campaign. He also worked for 10 hours the day of the election handing out my flyer. He did all this from his wheelchair.
Doug would watch every meeting. Seriously, every meeting. He would usually be waiting for me at the kitchen table to talk about what had happened, who said what, and so on.
During this difficult time I will not be blogging, attending meetings, or answering emails. I hope you all understand. There is so much to do in so little time.
Please keep us in your thoughts as we go forward with our lives.
