I think married people tend to take their marriage for granted sometimes. At least, I’ve been a bit guilty of that lately. It’s not that we don’t love and appreciate our spouse. That’s not what I’m trying to say. We watched ‘Family Man’ last night, and it made me think. What would life be like without my wife? Yikes. Scary. Miserable. In the movie, John Campbell leaves his college girlfriend in the US to be an intern in the UK. He tells her that a year will never change his love for her. In fact, he claims that a hundred years could never change it. Thirteen years later, he is still single, back in NYC, and living a ‘good’ life. He tells a man ‘Everybody needs something’. To which the man replies, ‘Then what do you need?’ He smugly replies, ‘Nothing. I’ve got everything.’ (more…)

A couple weeks ago, my uncle passed away. Now, don’t go crying for him. He’s in heaven, and not suffering anymore. For 21 years, he struggled with a disease called lupus. It made his life not too much fun, but he held on for one reason: he loved his family. It was not until he knew that they would be alright, that he let himself slip from this life into the next. So if you want to cry, cry for us. Those he left behind will have only memories and the knowledge that Jim is living a better life than us as consolation. Really, that’s not much to cry about, but if you really feel like crying, go ahead.

One of the other cool things that happened as a result of Jim’s timely end, is that his family was brought together once more. Many memories were recalled, and some were even relived. My dad took his sister out for a motorcycle ride one afternoon, and I’ve got the pictures to prove it.