Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy.. the list goes on of all the fine foods we are blessed with this time of year, but for me I'm thankful for much more. This is a little morbid to say im thankful and then tell you what Im about to say.. but don't just loose me yet.. read on. Saturday Novemeber 21st, 2009 our family suffered a great loss, Salvador "Uncle Sam" Cuilla. He passed while in his sleep and this passed weekend we said our final goodbyes. In this tragedy I learned how much more I need to treasure my family. It so sad that it takes a death for me to realize how blessed I truly am. God gave me a family that supports me and most of all loves every inch of me, inside and out. Since the loss, our family has obviously been super emotional, and all we have wanted to do is spend more time together... get as much in of eachother as we possibly can. Cause you honestly do never know what might happen, when your last hug will be, the last smile you see or most important in our family.. the last time you will share supper all together at the table. Since Wednesday evening of last week.. we have spend every waking second with eachother and have loved every minuet. We have also started new traditions.. decorating each others trees after we cut them down (one a day of course).. but this also gives us time to eat the millions of pounds of left overs we had from the "BIG" day!!! So here are a few pictures of the weekend thus far... and still the festivities arent over.. lol
with every death there is life... 4 days after Uncle Sam passed away his 4th Great-Grandchild was born. God is truly amazing.
In loving memory of Uncle Sam
you will truly be missed and always loved!!
