I have an awesome family! Every family has a member that is known as "the crazy one", "the ecentric one", "the loud one", the "obnoxious one", the "snobby one", the "neat" one, the "slobby" one, the "creative" one, the "military" one or two or three :) ... and so on and so on, and yes! I will, along with most every one of my other family members will, agree this is our family to the "t"...... But we still love one another, and accept who they are and we will be there for them when they need us.
With this being said... the anniversary of my brother Rod's death is coming up in a few days. It makes me think about the past year and how our family has interacted. Some families fall apart during the hard times, but ours has grown closer. I'm so fortunate to have the family I do.
Donna didn't want to be at home on "that" day (the 23rd of June) .... so we are packing up and heading to Folly Beach for a change of scenery. I know Rod's spirit will be with us.
There are times over the past month that I have pictured him laughing and shaking his head at me. I do also know he is soooooooooo proud of Donna for getting out of bed everyday, and not giving into the darkness of him not being here to help her anymore. There are so many things that were once his responsibility and now have become her job. Little things and big things and she is standing on her two feet doing them.
We all miss his laugh - as obnoxious as it was and his loud sneezes... as much as they always made us jump. We were lucky to have so many awesome memories of him and he will never be forgotten.
As strange as it might sound, I'm no longer scared of death because of Rod. I know there is life after this life and I will see him again, until that time.. I know he is watching over us and enjoying the show.
