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05. 15. 1926 - 12. 21. 2010

While coming home from work Tuesday afternoon about 1PM I stopped at a 4 way intersection because the traffic light turned red. Thinking of my Pop Pop and his failing health, I looked to the left towards the direction of where he is living in an assisted living facility, and said outloud, " I Love You, Pop Pop." Then refocusing on what I was actually doing, I turned right down the side street to go home. . .

I awoke from a usual afternoon nap before I had to go get ready for my next shift at my other job to the sound of my puppies barking their full heads off, their usual warning sound that somebody is at the front door. It was my Dad. My first intial thought was that he was home very early from work on this particular day. . . .

My Dad greeted me with a Hello and said hi to the puppies as he always did. Then standing in front of me, he put his hand on my shoulder, looking me right in the eyes, and said, " Chris, I have some bad news . . At about 11am, this morning . . . "

He didn't even have to finish. I already knew. In my heart.

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I pulled my car up along the side of the road infront of our house, where I always park, and looked out my windshield at the day's sky. What I found before me cannot be accurately depicted in this picture, taken with my camera phone.

It was rays of the afternoon sun trying to sneak through the many clouds scattered across the sky. In front of this beautiful array of colors was a flock of geese flying by, probably to somewhere warmer than this. As the geese were doing this, sun rays were peaking out of the clouds, some guiding their way and others falling behind the massive tree cover a ways down.

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i am always here for you baby if you need anything