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**RockStar** · January 28th, 2004, 02:50 PM

Some of you know this and most of you don't, but our trip to Vegas was cut short this past weekend when my uncle Dan dies suddenly of a heart attack. He was a great guy, and one of the worlds premier Hot Rod builders. His talent was a gift from God, and he had the uncanny ability to make you love him from the first time you met him. He will be sorely missed by everyone that ever knew him. I will post some pics of his cars as soon as I can because you have to see them to believe.

The reason I post this is because as some of you may know, I work in a family business where things can get really stressful. These are people that I spend 8 to 10 hours a day with for my entire life. What happened this weekend has got me really understanding the value and meaning of family. It's something that I have undoubtably overlooked in the recent past. My Aunt is 53 years old, has no children, and now has no husband. She will live the rest of her life alone, and there is something definately wrong with that. Kasey and I have had several discussions about kids, and I've never really considered the real meaning of it all. I just figured they didn't fit into our lifestyle, and that we could live without them and be happy. I don't think I really believe that anymore. I'm not saying we should run out and get pregnant right away, but I do know that we will someday start a family of our own.

My Uncle has 5 children from a previous marriage, and none of them had spoken to him in years. They always resented him and my Aunt for what he had done to his first wife, and now he's gone and they will never be able to make amends. One of them actually didn't come to the funeral. It's a very sad situation and it's really forced me to re-evaluate my outlook on not only my family, but family in general. I know in the past few weeks there have been threads on here about families and some of the people here are estranged form theirs.

I'm not trying to depress anyone, I just felt like sharing my thoughts with everyone here. I am beginning to understand how important my family is and how much I Love and value them.

It just sucks that I had to lose a good friend to figure it out.

January 28th, 2004, 02:50 PM	#1
RockStar Team Crown Recruiter RockStar is offline Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,955 Rep Power: 22	Loss of a loved one... Some of you know this and most of you don't, but our trip to Vegas was cut short this past weekend when my uncle Dan dies suddenly of a heart attack. He was a great guy, and one of the worlds premier Hot Rod builders. His talent was a gift from God, and he had the uncanny ability to make you love him from the first time you met him. He will be sorely missed by everyone that ever knew him. I will post some pics of his cars as soon as I can because you have to see them to believe. The reason I post this is because as some of you may know, I work in a family business where things can get really stressful. These are people that I spend 8 to 10 hours a day with for my entire life. What happened this weekend has got me really understanding the value and meaning of family. It's something that I have undoubtably overlooked in the recent past. My Aunt is 53 years old, has no children, and now has no husband. She will live the rest of her life alone, and there is something definately wrong with that. Kasey and I have had several discussions about kids, and I've never really considered the real meaning of it all. I just figured they didn't fit into our lifestyle, and that we could live without them and be happy. I don't think I really believe that anymore. I'm not saying we should run out and get pregnant right away, but I do know that we will someday start a family of our own. My Uncle has 5 children from a previous marriage, and none of them had spoken to him in years. They always resented him and my Aunt for what he had done to his first wife, and now he's gone and they will never be able to make amends. One of them actually didn't come to the funeral. It's a very sad situation and it's really forced me to re-evaluate my outlook on not only my family, but family in general. I know in the past few weeks there have been threads on here about families and some of the people here are estranged form theirs. I'm not trying to depress anyone, I just felt like sharing my thoughts with everyone here. I am beginning to understand how important my family is and how much I Love and value them. It just sucks that I had to lose a good friend to figure it out.