Wow, this has been an f'd up holiday. The dinner was nice, the presents and festivities fantastic thanks mainly to the efforts of my better half, but there was a death in the close family on the morning of Christmas eve...my Uncle in law Robert Fickle. He died driving the Santiam pass to get to Bend from Salem to support his sister's husband in his last hours as he was dying of cancer. He leaves behind a great wife Jenny that is also dying of cancer, he was only 52 years old.
This definitely puts a perspective on the whole holiday season. Now more then ever I'm reminded of how important it is to appreciate and celebrate the ones you love. As we get older I fear this story will become more common. Death is a way of life, not meant to overshadow life but to accentuate how precious and temporary it is. As I get older I find that what I have in my life means very little compared to who I have in my life.
Bless Uncle Bob and Jenny. Bless everyone that is in my life, and everyone outside of it as well. We are having a party tomorrow night and we will move forward and past the grieving in order to have another opportunity to celebrate those we love and care for, in this case all of our friends that will attend our Festivus celebration. However we will never forget Bob, we will never forget those that pass out of our lives because they all helped to shape it. Sometimes we just don't see the effect in time to appreciate it fully.
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Sorry for your loss Allen & family. Someone once said the only things you get to take with you are those that you gave to others. You should be a rich man in heaven if thats true. Funny how some of us have grown and matured. Who would of thought it of us 25 years ago, when we met? Hope your holiday was a merry one anyway.
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