I love all of my family very much and each of them is special in their own way and special for a different reason.

They are all special for not only who they are, but also for what they did for me when I was a child and what it means to me now. Some are special just because I now know what they did for me when I was young.

My Aunt Rita and uncle Dunc were very special people and now they are special angels.

I'm sure if you sit and think of all of your relatives, you can think of only ONE couple who shows everyone what TRUE LOVE is all about. This was my Aunt Rita and Uncle Dunc.

Their marriage was a very special thing because the devotion to each other could be seen by everyone. He loved her with every fiber of his being and she loved him the same way.

If my Aunt Rita was upstairs and my Uncle Dunc downstairs and she even whispered his name, he would immediately know and answer.

Every home they ever bought, he was constantly fixing it up to ensure that my aunt had everything.

They amazed me as a child because even then I could feel their love. I knew that they had something special. My Aunt and Uncle just made it seem that love was all you needed. I always thought of how difficult it would be if one died before the other. I thought that my aunt's death would kill my uncle and visa versa.

When my Aunt was told that she had Alzheimer's, my uncle immediately took on full duty. He would come home in the afternoon to make sure she was okay and feed her lunch. Then he would come straight home from work and make supper and clean up. He worked all day, did housework, laundry and everything else at night.

When my mother and Aunt Simone asked him to get help, he refused. He wanted to ensure that at the end, she would have full care. As long as he felt he could take care of her, then he wanted to do that for her. He used to put all of her paychecks into her bank account and never spend any. He wanted to save that money for her.

I always knew that my aunt's death would kill my uncle and visa versa. This kind of love happens rarely but I just knew that if my Aunt died, my Uncle would die shortly after from a broken heart. God intervened and arranged it so that my Uncle went before her. He also arranged that my aunt would not suffer the loss of her soulmate. She was in Stage 3 with Alzheimer's when he died so she really knew nothing about what was going on. She also died peacefully during her sleep.

It seems as if one day he was well, and the next day he had cancer. His family, his sisters and my mother and aunt made sure that his wishes were done. He wanted to die at home and he did. He wanted Aunt Rita to get the best of care and she did.

I remember thinking at his funeral how God had touched this couple. My Aunt Rita at this time was in Stage 3 of Alziehmer's, so she didn't even know him when he died.
His death, which normally would have killed her, didn't bother her because she didn't know who he was.

God took this couple in a way they were able to handle each other's deaths.

I wasn't able to say goodbye to either one since they went quickly. My Uncle Dunc just slipped away in his sleep. My Aunt Rita did the same.

She was in a home then, so my mother and aunt got a call about her death. No one was able to say goodbye to her, but I did get a chance to spend time with my Uncle before he died. No one was allowed in the room who smoked, Everyone showered if they smoked to enter his room. Smoke really bothered him. But his whole family was around him near the end.

This wonderful couple left 4 children. My cousins, Jimmy (the oldest married to a wonderful wife Ranada and their children), Duncan, Mark and Laura. All of them live out of town so they had to fly in often.

Jimmy took care of their estate. My Aunt and Uncle loved all their children and especially their grandchildren.
Grandchildren can make a big difference in someone's life. I'm sure that Jimmy, Randa and their children know that they were loved very much.

I don't want you to leave this section crying, but I do want you to leave here and run to your family and thell them how much they are loved. Do it now!! No one knows how much time they have here on earth. There are no guarantees or warranties stating how long we will be here.

So, I've learned the hard way to always tell the people you care about, just how much you care. Don't wait until they are gone. Tell them now!!

Always make sure that you tell your loved ones that you love them. Tell them often, and tell them how you feel about them while they are still here. The greatest tradegy is to wait to tell them and then find out it's too late. I know. I missed telling my grandmothers and Aunts and Uncles that I cared and loved them all dearly. I'm sure that they knew it, but that isn't good enough for me now. Now I really wish I had told them how very much I loved them and how important they were in my life.

So, Aunt Rita and Uncle Dunc, here is my goodbye and a letter telling you just how much you meant to me

Dear Aunt Rita and Uncle Dunc:

As you sit in Heaven, watching down over all of us, I want you to know that that I loved you very very much and still think of you often today.

I'm sorry that I didn't get to say "Goodbye" to you, but please know that you are in my heart all the time. Doing this site and putting this letter here is my Goodbye to you.

So Aunt Rita and Uncle Dunc, I know you can see this. I want you to know that I appreciate the impact you had on my life for love.

I knew that I wanted the magic you both shared and now I have found it. Thank you for showing me that it still existed. I had given up on love, but you both made me continue to search for the magic.

Thank you for loving me. I want you to know that I love you and I miss you.So wait by the gate for me with the rest of our family. When my turn comes, I want you there to greet me. I love you.


I love you Aunt Rita and Uncle Dunc.
All my love,
Your Neice,

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