sad times
my uncle died on wednesday, so that definitely put a damper on this week.
we were pretty close because he only lived in lynn, but we weren't as close as we could have been because we shared the leavey antisocial gene.
i feel so bad for his wife and twelve-year old daughter. it's sort of my job to watch out for her now, and i'm scared of all of that responsibility.
the wake was yesterday and the funeral was this morning. of course, it sucked because i was saying goodbye to someone that i loved, but i like to think that everything was the way that he would have liked it. all of his firefighter and marine buddies were there, and it was all very tastefully done.
of course, his wife comes from new york, and so they put a yankees cap that his father-in-law gave to him in his coffin. my aunt almost had a coronary when she saw it, but calmed down that she heard it was in exchange for a red sox cap my uncle had given his father-in-law.
it's a terrible thing to have to say goodbye to someone forever, and then have to see empty place settings for the rest of your life, but i realize that it is a part of life. i will always miss my uncle, but i will always love him, too. i will try my hardest to remember all of the crazy memories that i have of him and be able to think of him with a smile.
above all, although i'm sure that this will never happen, i'll try to live my life without regrets because, hey, let's face it, life is short.
we were pretty close because he only lived in lynn, but we weren't as close as we could have been because we shared the leavey antisocial gene.
i feel so bad for his wife and twelve-year old daughter. it's sort of my job to watch out for her now, and i'm scared of all of that responsibility.
the wake was yesterday and the funeral was this morning. of course, it sucked because i was saying goodbye to someone that i loved, but i like to think that everything was the way that he would have liked it. all of his firefighter and marine buddies were there, and it was all very tastefully done.
of course, his wife comes from new york, and so they put a yankees cap that his father-in-law gave to him in his coffin. my aunt almost had a coronary when she saw it, but calmed down that she heard it was in exchange for a red sox cap my uncle had given his father-in-law.
it's a terrible thing to have to say goodbye to someone forever, and then have to see empty place settings for the rest of your life, but i realize that it is a part of life. i will always miss my uncle, but i will always love him, too. i will try my hardest to remember all of the crazy memories that i have of him and be able to think of him with a smile.
above all, although i'm sure that this will never happen, i'll try to live my life without regrets because, hey, let's face it, life is short.