Today is my Birthday. My celebration is not cake and balloons, but being thankful for what I have in life. Today is also a reflection on a day that isn't so happy.
It was 3 years ago Today the My Uncle Lenny Died
He had fallen during the night and cried out to my Grandma " Please Help Me" They took him to the Hospital. He had been sick on and off. Sometimes he couldn't even get out of bed. Leukemia was diagnosed about a year before. It would seem sometimes as though nothing would bring him around, and we all wondered if he would be here tomorrow. My Grandma Dorothy who is his sister took care of him with such love and dedication that he seemed to pop back. As he was in the hospital 3 years ago I went in the afternoon. I walked in the room and he smiled with still his bright eyes.
He had never looked so frail to me. We chatted a bit. Even though he smiled at me and we laughed he looked so tired. I stayed for awhile longer and then said "I'll see ya later Farmer." That was one of the sayings that made us smile. He always had a way of touching your heart with his comical sayings and his wonderful personality.
Little did I know that leaving there that afternoon would be the last time I would be able to smile laugh and hug my dear uncle. So Today every year since I make a stop at the cemetary. I leave alittle something by the gravestone. It really isn't for anything or anyone else, but to give me some peace with my heavy heart.
On my way home I decided to stop at the park. As I took some more fall pics there in the sunlit background of the bright colored tress brought a smile to my face, thinking of My Uncle Lenny and all the things he meant to me.
