William E. Harrer

On October 21st, 2012, our father, William Harrer, lost his battle with lymphoma. Through the last years of his life, we (his five kids) blogged about what was happening. It tells a story of how one family dealt with the end of their father's life. We thought if it can help a family with similar struggles, he would very much want that, and so we are making our blog public. You can read Dad's obit on the page "Dad's Life in a Nutshell" and see for yourself what an amazing life he had.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Another Siting

We order our bulk herbs from a place in Iowa. It takes about a week for the package to arrive. I pull out the packing list and in the upper right-hand corner a blue arrow points to a phrase written in black ink - "2Rabbits" Of course, what came to mind? Yep, the picture of Dad in the Marine Corp. with Rabbit written across the top. I hope he has my Lotto numbers....

3 comments:

UnknownNovember 8, 2012 at 2:11 PM
This is also Will's nickname that he was given by his Army buddies. It surprised me when I first saw this nickname and asked Dad about it. Just like Will, he said his buddies liked to give nickname and Rabbit was what stuck. Forward 60 years and the same holds true.
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UnknownNovember 8, 2012 at 3:10 PM
When I first saw it, I asked Dad about it and he said: Rabbit = Hare - then I got it.
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John HarrerNovember 8, 2012 at 3:41 PM
Yeah, for some reason I never got it until I asked him. No one ever threw that nickname my way ;>(
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