So it’s ten minutes to three, not my usual time for posting, but I just got “the call” from my mother in Florida – so now I’m up.
My uncle died around 1am…he waited until my mother got there and it was officially past my parents’ anniversary.  So there’s that. I come from a large family, and I’ve experienced the deaths of a lot of people I love, but this one is a little different. The way our family is, this uncle was pretty much raised (along with another) by my mother and father, so I feel like I lost a brother. And even though he suffered terribly and we expected this and it really IS one of those times when you can say “now he’s at peace”, it’s still pretty tough.
I won’t take over the blog with my grief, but this coupled with the fact that I fell asleep somewhere between the tenth and eleventh innings, will guarantee I’m not going to be too tough on the team for the next few days.
In looking for something to distract me after I finished speaking to my mother, I found this article on mlb.com about John Marzano’s funeral. Marzano was closer to my age than my uncle’s and his passing was horribly unexpected, and I so sympathize with his family and friends right now.
I’m going to be up for a while, I sense, and will probably put something else up to help distract me, but I really needed to just get this out.
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