A new day has come…a
brand new day! All the words in the world cannot express the exultant gladness that I—and no doubt my wonderful sister-in-law and our now conjoined families—feel right now. (me with my sis-in-law---->)Last week, my brother’s widow—who still clearly mourns the loss of her beloved husband’s untimely death just six short weeks ago—revealed to me the greatest and most comforting news for which one could ever hope! With my brother’s body still warm in the ground, still fresh and unfettered by time, his widow now dons the threshold for new life.
According to the best that science can offer, this new life has existed for 8 weeks and will someday soon make his or her most miraculous arrival into this intrepid journey that we call “life”.
I want to shout it from the rooftops! I cannot hide my joy any longer, as this is the closest I will ever come to being a father. Being an uncle is very much a great joy and a lifelong dream for me, for my brother. Life can be so damn selfish at times but when we persevere, life can offer the greatest rewards in return.
Someday, the time will come, when I will be able to sit my nephew or niece down and tell them all about their wonderful father, and all the silly things he and I used to do when we were growing up together. I will be able to tell them about how their father helped to inspire me to join the Air Force, how he—although never knowing it—truly inspired me to reach out and be the person I am. I will be able to tell them about how their father truly positively affected so many peoples’ lives and how he made people laugh, often simply by just being in the room. I will someday be able to tell this new life about the everlasting footprints their father left behind.
For this truly is a time of great jubilation and I pray for God to bless this family after it’s loss and for the future one to come to be a healthy and happy addition to our very welcoming and elated family!
Until next time…
NK
PS: Pictures added below
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