Personal Narrative: When My Uncle Gary Passed Away

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“I think the hardest part of losing someone, Isn’t having to say goodbye, but rather learning To live without them. Always trying to fill the Void, the emptiness that’s left inside your heart When they go.” Source: Google.com This quote reminds me of how I felt when my Uncle Gary passed away. My Uncle Gary would always joke around with me and call me “Shorty” I think he called me that because he was short, and I am taller than him. I wasn’t ready for him to pass away. I think I knew he was going to because he wasn’t feeling too good to even come up to my Pap and Grandma’s house for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I would always ask my mom, “When are Aunt Pam and Uncle Gary coming to the Farm.” And her reply would be, “Gary can’t come up Briana he is too sick.” Two years ago on …show more content…

I tried not cry that day I didn’t want to, but seeing him lay there was all it took for me to break down. My little brother now says he has dreams of Gary, and I sometimes wonder what Gary says to him because Dj didn’t know much about him, but maybe having dreams of him is a good thing, maybe he will get to know Gary better than ever. After the funeral my family and I went to our friends’ house for their son’s birthday party. That day we went to a funeral, a birthday party, and to the hospital because Dj broke two bones in his arm. Let’s just say that it wasn’t a good day for any of us. I still think about Gary now, I always wonder what he would be doing right now, would he be listening to the Beetles, going to go see his family, or just sitting at home watching TV with Pam. I always have to remember that whenever Gary died he wasn’t in pain anymore; he didn’t have to worry about his cancer or the hospital trips and if he is happy, then I’m

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