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Today is the birthday of my favorite Uncle in the whole world. His name is George, and there couldn’t be any Uncle better than him. He was<\/em> the husband to my favorite aunt (mom’s junior sister) and the father to my lil cousin – who is really too young to be called my cousin, so I call him my nephew.<\/p>\n

If you noticed, I used “was” for my uncle; that’s because he has passed on. He passed away on the 11th of January 2003 (3 days b4 my birthday and his son’s birthday – we share the same birthday [Jan 14th]). He suffered a heart attack and died b4 getting to the hospital. None of us – including him knew he was @ risk for a heart attack. He was young (in his forties) and fit – to our knowledge. On that day, he went into his bedroom to rest and never came out alive. My aunt just went to check on him when she noticed his body was cold.<\/p>\n

Anyways, I am not here to think about his sudden demise or remember the pain it brought to everyone. Rather, I just wanna celebrate his birthday. I know he is in heaven with God, so I’m hoping God has some form of internet access over there, so Uncle George can read this and know I still remember it’s his birthday today. And of course, I still think the world of him.<\/p>\n

Dear God, please get some form of internet access up there; Verizon DSL really is cheap and totally worth every penny You put into it. And while You’re @ that, please tell Uncle George to log on to www.verastic.blogspot.com<\/a> as soon as you get the internet thing going. Thanks, Lord.<\/p>\n

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE GEORGE!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Your loving niece,<\/span><\/div>\n
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….you know my name.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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