Well… I feel like I have mentioned this a lot over the past year in my articles. Uncle Mike was truly my funny bone. He had a way of getting everyone to laugh in spite of us not wanting to at different times. He and Uncle Tony were sometimes like a comedy team, brothers who had the right comedic timing from a lifetime of knowing each other’s jokes.
The melody of Uncle Mike’s laughter and Grandma’s is something I have genuinely missed in my life for more than a decade since Mike has been gone and the 4 years since Grandma’s death. However, three months before Uncle Mike died something beautiful happened; my niece was born. I had heard my preacher, Dave speak about this several times I completely relate now to this amazing God-given gift of life.
She was exactly what we needed at the specific time of his death. Only because of her Mom our side of the family didn’t get to see as much of this little darling as we needed. It would take years to really get our time with our girl and experience the laughter and giddiness she would always provide. Reminding me of her great-uncle. He was so afraid of touching her for fear of breaking her in those first three months of her life. Then before we knew it he was gone God had called him home to bring his laughter to heaven.
Jewells of Thought 
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