Uncle David

It makes me so sad to think that you have to learn at such a young age that life isn't fair... even though you are way too young to understand our sadness, I know that you know that it is there. Your Uncle David has been sick for such a short time and we have been told that he is not going to be here with us too much longer. It is so hard to accept, sometimes I don't understand God's plans for us. It will surely be a challenge to help you understand how He can allow such sadness in this world. We are all standing on His promise that we will all be together again someday, that is the only thing keeping us going. Just like Grandma Charlotte taught us, we will say "see you later", not "goodbye" because we know we will see Uncle David again soon.

In the meantime, we sure have a lot to learn from him. He is an amazing person. He has an amazing faith and says he is ready to go home to Jesus. Wow. He truly appreciates all of the beauty in this world and all of the simple things in life that he has been given. He loves the beach. He loves the lake. He loves animals, especially his two babies. He doesn't expect anything. He is forever grateful for anything anyone does for him, even the smallest gestures. He sees the inner beauty in all people and is an amazing friend. He doesn't judge others. He has a heart of gold. He would drop anything to do something for someone else, especially his baby brother. He doesn't feel sorry for himself. Even now when he is sick, he reaches out to others. He is a wonderful husband. He loves his family. He has learned that the greatest things in life aren't "things" at all. He ALWAYS calls me "little sister", which I think is so sweet. I have never had a big brother. He never hangs up or says goodbye without saying I love you.

We are so grateful that you got to meet your Uncle David. You are one lucky lady. We sure hope we can instill some of his amazing qualities in you. We know that we will never have to worry about you because you will have one heck of a guardian angel watching over you.

We love you Uncle David.