Avuncular Advice

      I never really saw my uncles very much, but Uncle Jack was one of the great ones! He was always helping our family, especially at Christmas. Uncle Jack and Aunt Ronnie, year after year, always made sure our family had extra presents under the tree, even though they had a large family of their own. As Erin said, "We thought they were Santa Claus."
       The last time I saw him was at a family reunion and I believe he was in his early nineties. His advice rings in my ear til this day. "You gotta give the other fella a chance." 
There was a lot more to this conversation than that bit of positive thinking, but the important fact was that he was still positive. Age hadn't diminished his spirit one wit.