Thank You Uncle Bill

One of the posts that I have been wanting to do, but haven't had the courage to do, was one to say goodbye to Uncle Bill.  It was in August that he left us and it is too long to have gone without doing this post.  I am not sure why I haven't other than, it is one that will be hard to do and since being pregnant, my emotions are all over the place, I am not sure I can handle it.  But needless to say, we miss you Uncle Bill, especially Arabella.  You made a huge impression on her.  Sometimes, when we are saying good night, she asks about you and what heaven looks like.  She wants to know what you are doing and is you are happy - I tell her that you are happy, and are an angel watching over her, watching over us.  She also wants to know if she will ever see you again, and I tell her that yes, someday in in far future, she will. 

It was not easy to say goodbye to you.  But, I know that you are no longer in pain and that you are at peace.  You were a great uncle to Mike and I, and you were a great godfather to me.  You always treated us like we were your kids and I know that I have many, many great memories of you.  I remember when we started calling you UB, after we watched the movie Uncle Buck, many, many years ago, and that nickname stuck with you!  Your humor and ability to make jokes was second to none and you always made sure that we were laughing.  And you even did that with Arabella.  She loved to take over your chair when we came to visit and you two would just hang out - it was the cutest thing.  I hope you know how much you meant to me and that I miss you and think about you and that I love you.  I will never forget all the things you have done for me.  You were one of a kind UB and you will never be forgotten. 

                                      Arabella taking over UB's chair - Easter 2010

                                    Arabella and UB hanging out - Winter 2010

                                 Arabella and UB - February 2009

Even though you are no longer with us, yous spirit lives on.  And you made one little girl very, very happy this past Halloween.  One of the things that I remember most about you was your love for the holidays!  Every holiday from Halloween through New Years Day (your Birthday) was decorated for and celebrated in a big way.  One of the items we brought back from your funeral in August was a Halloween blow up decoration for the yard.  Aunt Margo wanted us to have it and Arabella was very excited about bringing it home with us.  So you can imagine her excitement when it was time to decorate the outside of our house for Halloween.  She couldn't wait to set up the blow up.  She helped Jay and could barely stand to wait to turn on the air.  It was the cutest thing that she has done in a long time.  Your spirit lived on in her that day.  She was so proud of it and would check on it at dinner time to make sure that the blow up had turned on and was all lit up.  I think that it was her favorite decoration of Halloween.  Thank you UB, you made her Halloween that much more special.

Can you tell she is excited to see it blow up!!!

                                                  One very happy little girl!!

*I am not sure that this post does your memory justice and that you truly know how much you are loved and missed UB.