One Year Ago Today...

The incredible silver linings that shown through on the morning of 10/10/12

One year ago today I lost my Uncle Nut.  He lost his courageous and heroic 13 year fight against ALS.  I cannot believe that it has been an entire year...it feels like just yesterday you were here gracing us with your smile!  The other night Liz and I were on our way home from a weekend at the beach and we heard a song that we haven't listened to since this time last year.  It is a song that hits home and means so much to us.  And I just want you to know, on this one year mark, that because I knew you I have been changed for good.

I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return.
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But, I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun.
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But, because I knew you
I have been changed for good.

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from it's mooring
By a wind off the sea.
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.

Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
And because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.

I love you so much, Uncle Nut.  I know you love to mess with me sometimes... but to know that you are here with me helps put my heart at ease.  I miss you everyday, but I know that you are happy and healthy now.  'Till we meet again...