Goodbye Uncle Bub

On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Brian's younger brother Chris lost his battle with colon cancer. It was really amazing that he was with us as long as he was. He was diagnosed in May 2007 with the cancer, and it was aggressive. He was not expected to make it to Christmas that year. It has been a long and tough time but at least now he is no longer in pain and is in a better place. The hardest part of all of this was answering Brad's questions. Yesterday, Brian came home with Chris's Jeep and Brad asked why is Daddy driving Uncle Bub's Jeep and where is Uncle Bub. I said to him that Uncle Bub was in heaven. Brad didn't miss a beat and asked me why? I told him that he was sick and now he is an angel watching over him. Brad then looked at me with the biggest tears in his eyes and said "But Uncle Bub loves me". I immediately burst into tears and then the two of us just sat there and cried. It is so hard to make a 4 year old understand. We will all really miss Chris but know that he is so much better off, now that he is no longer suffering and in pain.