Uncle Bob

My Uncle Bob. He was my father's youngest brother and the last of the three Redding boys of that generation. There are a lot more Redding boys today.

My cell phone rang on Saturday and even though I didn't recognize the number I answered. It was my cousin, Robbyn, Bob's daughter, and she had news that Bob had had a heart attack about 2:15 that morning and was on a ventilator. Later that day he was removed from life support and was gone within ten minutes. We all suspect he was gone before he fell in the kitchen of their home.

Shocking to say the least. Totally unexpected.

He was a great uncle, an outstanding man, and loved everything about life and everyone in his life. I only hope that I was as good of a nephew as he was an uncle to me.

R.I.P.