The call...

The one call we've been dreading but, knew it was coming soon. The call that Annie gave to me about my Uncle David passing away Friday the 28th at 8:33am. She had called me 5 mins after he had passed. I was at work and just had an eary feeling it was going to be that day. I left the office, went straight to my mom's and sobbed. I then remember going to my Dad's to take him to lunch (it was his brother) My Grams was there too. When I got there, we all cried and then got it together and talked about uncle David and all the wonderful things we remembered about him throughout his life. It was such a joy to know that he was not suffering any longer and knew right where he was. After lunch, I get home to wait for Kyle to get off of work. He runs in and holds me for which felt like forever and just listened to me cry. I love him so much for who is and also how strong he has been for me when I was unable to be for the past few weeks. He seriously is my rock and I don't know what I would do without him in my life.
This past Saturday was the "Going Home" memorial service for my uncle. It as so special and the things that people said as they spoke about him couldn't have been more perfect. Every word was the absloute truth. There was a slideshow of old and recent pictures and then my cousin Annie sang How Great Thou Art and it couldn't have sounded more perfect. When she told me that she was going to sing it live, I thought she was nuts. I thought she and I were both going to loose it. But, we didn't. She kept looking at me and I looked at her during her performance just to make sure neither one of us were crying. We were both pretty stong. All in all, it was such an amazing, bittersweet weekend to celebrate my Uncle's life and just be with famly. I know he was shining down on us all as we were there.