Well even though I'm a late here, I wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to Timothy and all of his family on the loss of his beloved mother. She seemed to be very highly thought of by her family and community. She must have been extremely proud of Timothy.

R.I.P. Mrs. Jane.

I also lost my Mom five years ago on December 8th. I do think it always puts a bit of a cloud over the holidays, but, in reality, I would probably get the same melancholy feeling around the anniversary date of her death no matter when it was. I knew Timothy had two brothers, but I didn't know their names or whether they were older or younger until I read the obituary. At least, one positive thing around this is that there were no concert dates scheduled to pull Timothy away from his family during this time. Godspeed to the Schmit family.