Hey fellow Mars players, thank you all for the thoughts and well wishes, and thank you Crystal for posting something for me.<br/><br/>Friday I called my Cousin (who I call Aunt) to check on my Great Uncle, her Father. He has been in the last stages of Dementia for quite some time now, but recently she told me he had stopped walking, eating, and was barely drinking.<br/><br/>I tried my hardest to leave work early, my boss wasn't in and the managers that were in did not want to let me leave. I really didn't want to lose my job so I stuck around and at 3:40 in the afternoon I snuck out (half an hour early) to go see him, I got out to my car and called my cousin only to find out he had passed 10 minutes earlier.<br/><br/>I  didn't make it to see him while he was still alive, but I did make it before the funeral home came to take his body, I got to sit with him for a bit and say my goodbyes.<br/><br/>I grew up across the street from this man (and his wife, who was my grandmother's sister, my grandmother passed before I was born, and my great aunt passed away 7 years ago.) He and his wife were the closest thing I have ever had to real grandparents. My biological grandmothers both have passed, and my grandfathers that are alive are not in my life. They took me places, they spoiled me with presents and food every time I visited, they took care of me when I was sick, and when my aunt was still alive I used to go over every night and play cards with them.<br/><br/>He has been living with his daughter for a few years now as his dementia progressed, she has been his full time care giver since he moved in with her, and on weekends when she wanted to take a few days to herself, or a much needed vacation with her husband and grand child, I would go and sit with him, I would take care of him those days, I would help him with his daily routine, bathroom, bath, food, snacks, medicine and I would sit with him and watch the baseball game because when he was with it he loved baseball but I'm sure at the end he had no idea what was going on around him.<br/><br/>I'm going to miss him, and I may not put stock in a lot of things but I will say I believe that he is in a better place, and that my aunt Thelma his wife was waiting for him and that they are together again.<br/><br/>So Rest in Peace Uncle Eddie, I'll miss you.<br/><br/>Viewing tomorrow and funeral and wake services Thursday.<br/><br/>Thank you everyone.<br/><br/>(Also happy Candy and Colored Egg day: Easter)<br/>