This last weekend was a hard one.<\/p>\n
For those of you who know me, you know that my uncle (basically a 2nd dad) died in February of this year. \u00a0My uncle Jeff was such a part of my life that it’s been really hard to power through the last 9 months.<\/p>\n
Jeff was always trying and reaching out to everyone he knew to make sure they were doing ok, myself \u00a0included.\u00a0 He loved unconditionally and was such a good person.\u00a0 He had his flaws (just like the rest of us) but he loved.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t matter what that person had done, good or bad, but he loved.\u00a0 One characteristic I struggle with on a daily basis.\u00a0 I love, but conditionally.\u00a0 Jeff just loved, and everyone he knew, knew it.<\/p>\n
The day he died, the one thing I heard several people say is \u201cWho\u2019s going to tell me I\u2019m beautiful?? Who\u2019s going to say that he loves me?\u201d\u00a0 Jeff was that person.\u00a0 He always loved and he always thought every woman he was close to was beautiful.\u00a0 He thought I was beautiful \u2013 even when I was feeling like the most horrible person on the planet (a feeling which I\u2019ve felt more than once).<\/p>\n
Anyway \u2013 this last weekend I had an experience that I\u2019m not going to share with the world.\u00a0 All I know is that it was tender and I will treasure it always \u2013 just like I treasure my time with my uncle.<\/p>\n
There are good forces in the world, and there are bad ones.\u00a0 I will continue to find the good ones in my life \u2013 much like my family and my uncle Jeff would want me to.\u00a0 And more importantly \u2013 like I should and do \u2013 want to.<\/p>\n
Jeff \u2013 you are so loved, and so very missed.\u00a0 You left your mark on this world, and I hope that I can do the same.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b<\/p>\n
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