Reward Post...

ok, I'd said you'd get a reward, but it's probably not gonna be much. TLDR people here's a cat gif:



So I thought my parents had a naked baby picture me on facebook, and if it was "clean(ish)" I was gonna post it and say "haha, you all saw me naked".

But in searching for that pic, I went through some of my dad's stuff, and in it was a lot of pics of our family and friends who recently passed away. Probably the hardest for me to look at was a picture of me at 8 yo with my uncle who passed away in 2000.

Sure I knew how much my dad did with him when they were younger and I saw him at most at holidays and some special occasions, but we didn't really do a LOT together per se. However, my uncle was a very engaging man who made everyone feel special and touched a lot of people. He was also my dad's best friend.

Being my dad's best friend was what really made the loss tough for me looking back and thinking about everything. My dad's other best friend (and another of my uncles) at the time passed away about 6 months before I was born of an even more tragic accident (and point in life). My parents gave me his middle name, and for someone I never got to meet, I feel connected to him through my dad, and what he meant to my dad (and obviously the rest of my family).

Knowing the type people they were and how little time we really get to spend with others, it really makes me cognizant of how our seemingly small interactions with people can have a huge impact on their lives. So go out of your way to make someone feel special, to "give of yourself" to people, because even though you may not be here to see that you made that difference, you may have to somebody else.