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AS I KNEW MY UNCLE

June 7, 2013

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID,AND WE WENT UP THERE FOR VACATION ONE YEAR.IM NOT SURE HOW OLD I WAS?BUT HE WAS THE SHERIFF,AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING."MY UNCLE THE COP".AND WHEN I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL HE WAS MY "SHOW AND TELL".I WAS SO PROUD TO SAY I HAD A COP FOR A UNCLE.WHEN YOUR A KID AND YOU GET TO SEE YOUR UNCLE WITH THE COP CAR,AND GUNS AND EVERYTHING "IT WAS GREAT".AND I GOT TO SEE MY COUSIN'S TOO.WHICH RALPH AND I FOR AWHILE THERE KEPT IN TOUCH.HE WAS A LITTLE OLDER THEN ME,BUT STILL HAD TIME FOR ME.AND I CAN REMEMBER STORY'S MY MOMMIE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT HER "BIG BROTHER".AND THEY ARE GREAT ONES.MY UNCLE LOOKED OUT FOR HIS "LITTLE SISTER".NOT BECAUSE HE HAD TOO,BUT BECAUSE HE LOVED HER AND WANTED TO.AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE LAST TIME I SAW UNCLE RAYMOND.WHICH WAS JUNE 2006,MY MOMMIE AND BROTHER CLAYTON AND I WENT UP TO WV FROM NC.AND I GOT TO SEE THAT LOVE THEY HAD FOR EACH OTHER.I WILL NEVER FORGET MY UNCLE COMING TO THE JEEP AND WANTED TO HELP GET HER OUT.HIS BIG SMILE AND MY MOMMIE SMILING SO BIG.THEY WHERE SO HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER.I JUST WAITED AND ENJOYED SEEING THE TWO OF THEM SO HAPPY.AND THEN (I THINK MOMMIE)TOLD HIM WHO I WAS.AND THEN I GOT MY HUG.AND WE WENT ON THE PORCH AND WAS SITTING AND VISITING AND TALK.THEN MY UNCLE TOOK ME AND CLAYTON ON THE TOUR.AND MAN HIS YARD WAS SO PRETTY,AND HE SHOWED ME EVERYTHING.AND WHEN WE GOT TO THE GARDEN,I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM SHOWING ME AND ASKING IF I HAD EVER SEEN A CUCUMBER GROW IN A POP BOTTLE?WELL I HADNT! AND WHEN I SAW IT I COULDNT BELIVE IT,BUT HE TOLD ME HOW TO DO IT.AND I THOUGHT THAT IS SO GREAT.I COULDNT WAIT TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT.WHICH I DID AND I HAVNT DONE ONE OF MY OWN YET.TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAD FORGOT ABOUT TILL NOW.BUT I AM GOING TO GROW ONE IN A POP BOTTLE TO REMEMEBER THAT DAY, NOW SINCE HE IS GONE AND I REMEMBER IT NOW.THAT WAY AS IT GROWS, I WILL ALWAYS THINK OF MY UNCLE RAYMOND THAT SHOWED AND TOLD ME HOW TO DO IT.I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS "BIG SMILE"AS LONG AS I LIVE.AND HIS KIND "LOVING HEART".IM SO SAD TODAY AND I HAVE BEEN SAD EVERY SINCE I HEARED OF HIM HAVING TO LEAVE US.BUT THUR THE SADDNESS I CAN SEE HIM SMILING AT ME.AND IT HELPS ME.IM PRAYING FOR MY COUSIN'S AND THERE FAMILY AS THEY HAVE TO SAY GOOD BYE TO THERE DAD,GRANDPA,PAPA.

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