This post is dedicated to my Uncle Ralph (4 March 2009):
Uncle Ralph,
Leaving and saying goodbye back in January was hard enough. I know you felt it too! We had that nice man talk where you made me promise to remain in Spain no matter your fate. We both knew upon leaving we had said my final goodbyes. You passed on a family heirloom on to me, and this is a memory that I will cherish forever! A memory that includes you and Papa, which just makes it all the more special! Thank you for all the time you spent with me and the many memories we shared. The times we got to talk about anything and everything. We shared so many interests and it was great to have someone to talk to about guns, cars, computers, sports, or technology in general! As I sit here and reminisce over our time together, I have only one regret, that it ended so soon. I saw you grow up and mature soo much in the last few years and I am so proud of you for that!! I am so sad that your incredible progress in becoming a man of God and incredible human being had to be cut short, but I know now, that progress is complete. You are whole again and pain is the farthest thing from your mind. You have joined the saints and stepped out of this world. I can only say that I wish you back here out of selfish reasons and I wish that I could see you just one more time, so that we could laugh about something dumb I've done, or get in a heated discussion over something technical :) or so you could tell me how Papa is. I know he is so proud to be reunited with you and to see the man that you have become. I can only imagine, because I know how proud the whole family has been of you! I am gunna miss chuckling at you as dug through that fanny pack for some chapstick or for some obscure piece of paper, you were a funny bird and I loved you for it, I wouldn't have had it any other way. Mema said you were so gracious to everyone these last few months and I am so proud of you for that. I love you so much, and I want you to know that at times I felt like I had an older brother. Someone to watch out for me and to ask advice about things, I will truly miss that comroderie! If I thought saying goodbye in January was hard, it does not even compare to this goodbye. I know its not permanent, but it sure does feel permanent right now. Until now, I selfishly held onto the hope that I would get to see you again in this life, but I know that hope is gone. No more will you dwell in this world, but you have moved on, you have taken flight, and I know that must be incredible for you, because you loved everything that flew. So now fly high, like a bird released from its cage; enjoy the freedom that it brings and know that you will forever be loved and missed as a Brother, Uncle, and Friend! I will cherish all the time I have here, but I look to the day when we will be reunited! ¡Con todo el amor en mi alma y en el mundo, hasta luego hermano!
Your Little Nephew,
Zach
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