Tuesday, March 15, 2011

the saddest moment of my life :(

The saddest moment of my life is when i found out that my Uncle Art(Arthur Wuest) passed away 2 years ago. he was married to my father's sister, Betty Wuest. Uncle Art was one of the funniest, liveliest, smartest, and funnest person i ever knew. whenever i saw him, when i visited him and my aunt in chicago or when he visited me here in saipan, he was always up for some fun and excitement. he was old, but he still could still things that people in their 30's could do. he still walked long distances(at a very fast speed), he could still go hiking, and a lot of other fun stuff that people in their 80's cannot do.
nobody knows how he died though. he and my Aunt Betty were in portland visiting their daughter, my cousin, Amy. They live in an apartment complex that has a pool up on the roof for the people in the complex to swim in. he went up to the pool by himself to go swimming, and when the rest of the family arrived, he was in the pool, dead. nobody knows if he drowned, or if he had a heart attack while in the water.
when my dad told me that my uncle had died, i could not believe my ears. it was impossible. he seemed quite healthy considering all the things he could do that my aunt cannot do anymore. he most likely died of a heart attack in the pool, but i still couldn't believe it. it couldn't have been true. but no matter what it seemed, or what i did or didn't believe, it was. my Uncle Art was gone.
he died in the middle of the school year and i was not on vacation, so i couldn't go with my dad to illinois for the funeral. but i did get to visit his grave when summer vacation came. it brought tears to my eyes to be standing right next to him, but him not really being next to me. standing next to his grave, looking at his tomb stone reminded me of when i was first told that he had died.
shortly after he died, while my dad was in illinois with my aunt for my uncle's funeral, i looked up at the sky and saw a very bright star. i knew it was Uncle Art watching down over me. and every night since the first time i saw that star, it appears in the same spot every night. my uncle was one of the best persons i ever knew. i still miss him and love him so much to this day. i still believe that that star right above my house that appears in the same spot every night is him, watching over me.

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