Viking- That'd be great.
Hank, I always have, too.
That said, I have something I really want to do.
My Uncle was killed in a car accident a couple of years back. He left four children. He was my role model growing up- he wasn't perfect, but he was my sounding board.
A couple of months my later, my Grandfather passed. He was perhaps the most honorable man that has ever lived. He was the best man at my wedding. He was the first person that knew I was going to propose to my Wife. In fact, I flew us down to GA to get engaged at Tybee Beach so they could be the first to know that I did ask.
He had lung cancer and was given two months to live a while ago. He new that Jen was pregnant and he promised to meet my baby. Somehow, he managed to make it 10 months. We went to see him and he had no idea who I was, who my Wife was, who my Grandmother was. Hell, he had lost bladder control, bowel control, most muscle control.
The whole house wreaked of death. The morning we were to leave, he told me he loved me, he had kept his promise to meet my child, that he was proud of me, and that it was time to say good bye. I kissed my Grandfather goodbye for the last time and flew home. Once I walked out the door he shut down, stopped eating, drinking, everything.
He died three days later. I've never cried so hard in my life. I had lost my best friend.
Their last name means "Pear Tree". My Uncle's Stone actually has a Pear Tree on it with two falling pears...One for him and one for my Grandfather (In Judiasm, the stone is not placed until +/- a year later, so my Aunt had them put two leaves vs the one).
I want to have a tree done on my left arm with two leaves or pears falling from it.
They mean a lot to me and I want to take them with me every day for the rest of my life.
