My Husbands Brother Bill

I am having a very hard time writing this post...

this blog is a journal for me

so i want to have this in here

and i am truly not sure how to do it

so i will do my best

to get through this

my husband's only brother died suddenly and unexpectedly the week

 between Christmas and New Years

tomorrow Jan 17th

is his birthday...

we are still in shock

it doesn't seem real

it doesn't feel real

he meant so much to my husband

no brothers could have been closer

they worked together almost their whole life

then they played together the rest of his life

he lived only a mile away from our farmhouse

and we would see him almost everyday while we were there

he was the most dedicated

brother, father, husband, and grandfather

there ever was

gary flew to montana and spent a week with our

sister-n-law and their family

this was such a close family

the very closest of kinds

my heart goes out to his wife and kids

there was the birth of our grandson to help

us get through this last couple of weeks

~but it is so hard~

he was so giving to us

that i wanted to recap just a few of the things

he did around the farm for

gary and i

hanging the sign

he was the right person to do things that

had to be done perfect

the rock address

the birdhouses

and any other thing made out of wood

this one has lights

he had one at his place that i really admired

the next day he showed up with this

he did so much

he loved our farm as much as we did

he was such a big reason this place looks so

taken care of

in this picture they are both down there wrapping the trees

for fall to protect against the deer rutting

bill built the cedar trim at the bottom of porch

because i had mentioned that i was worried

the puppy would go under the house

he always put this birdhouse out for the summer and

screwed it down and

kept it painted

i said

"one of these days i would like to plant clematis on that post"

so he built this trellis

and planted some clematis for me

it was such a surprise and made me cry

when we drove up

this wagon is hard to see in this picture but

it is amazing

this year i found a picture of the home i grew up in..

that's me on

~mr ed~

i showed it to brother bill and asked if he thought he could

make my mom a birdhouse replica

so i could surprise her for christmas

a m a z i n g!!!!

i added some wreath stickers to give it a holiday feel

my mom and i cried

she was going to call brother bill

and tell him how much she loved it

but never got the chance

there are so many things he did to provide memories of him

everywhere we look we will see our

very much loved

~brother bill~

i'm not a good writer to even begin to write about this

so i am just going to leave with some pictures i have handy

of my husband's beloved big brother

that we are all missing

terribly

this is how i will remember him most

shooting the breeze

with his best friend

&

brother

happy birthday brother bill

i hope you know how much you were loved 

&

will be missed