I never knew...

that cancer could move so quickly....

My great uncle (my Paw Paw's brother), Uncle Jimmy, was just diagnosed with cancer in November. He had a cancerous spot on his lung, cancer in the lymph nodes in his chest, and a small spot on the back bottom left of his brain. They tried radiation for a couple of weeks, but he was still too weak to start the chemo. On Christmas Eve, he was hospitalized for pneumonia. On Monday, Dec. 28, he went home on hospice. He passed away Friday night, 1/1/10. He was only 67 years old. And that's still way too young to die in my book......

My heart aches for my Aunt Mamie, my cousins Lisa and Gregg, their spouses Louis and Kim, my Uncle Jimmy's grandkids, Jimmy Louis & his wife Dana, Brandon, Brittany, Cameron, and Jason, and his great grandkids, Levi and Presleigh, and all of the rest of us (including me, of course) who knew and loved him. Words can't fix the hurt. It is so ironic and so sad to me.... As everyone else around the world is celebrating the BEGINNING of a new year, new decade, etc. we are mourning the END of my Uncle Jimmy's life here on Earth. But I believe he's in Heaven with the angels and God, and I look forward to seeing him again when God chooses to call me home.

Uncle Jimmy, we love you. We miss you. We will ALWAYS remember you.

Amy Beth