uncle fred
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
man o man, as I think about someone that had such an interesting and fun influence on me growing up one person that comes to mind is my uncle fred. This guy was a doctor that always had to buy the latest gadget out there. I remember how I was the first kid on the block to have nintendo from him, somehow we had gotten it before anyone had heard of it and got bored with it and gave it to my sister and I. He was the guy that brought over 2 suitcases of fireworks at 4th of July to shoot off. He loved showing off cool technology and guns…oh boy did he love guns. I shot the world’s largest handgun with him at his 80 acre estate one year. He had gotten this land a few hours from his place just to shoot his guns and get away from the city.
Having someone that embraced the idea of adventure in your life is very powerful. That twinkle in his eye when he was showing off his latest toy is something I will never forget. He truely took life by the horns and lived it.
He passed away many years back and everytime his name comes up I get a little mad that he isn’t still around and also happy to have known someone that cool.
I guess if you ever get down on yourself, think about someone that has influenced you and how it sucks that they are gone. Think about all the people that would miss you if you didn’t take care of yourself and ended up dying prematurley. Maybe the moral of this experience is to make sure you communicate how much you appreciate the people around you and how much you look up to them. Man, out of all the relatives I have he was one of the best, always the guy that I wanted to be and model myself into…it sucks that he died before I had a chance to drink with him and get advise on how to be a man, he would have given such good advise…or at least advise that I would have taken to heart.
Everyday is a gift, we only have about 28,000 days on average in our lives so make each and everyday count, when you wake make sure that you thank the day for having you and feel lucky that you are alive and let the folks around you know that you care and appreciate sharing it with them…bring love into your life and love into your heart or else everything you say and everything you do slips away like dust…