Goodbye
September 6, 2008
Today 41 family members and friends gathered in my uncle Tim‘s house so we could honor his life, make some sense of what happened, and say goodbye to him.
I will remember him as…
… the boat captain who visited almost every coast in the world
… the guy who always offered me a cold bottle of root beer when I would visit his house
… the man who made the best crawfish etoufee you ever tasted
… the family member who, when I was a little kid, would tickle me until I peed in my pants
… the uncle who started all of our conversations with, “Hey, girl, whatcha doin?”
1977: my mom (age 22), me, and uncle Tim (age 19)
1989: uncle Tommy, Granddaddy, Grandmother, uncle Tim, uncle Mike, and my very pregnant mom
2007: uncle Mike & uncle Tim
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