Goodbye to Pete Bosscher

over the weekend, a friend of ours passed away - he had been battling cancer. we met him and his wife, Marcia, when we first moved to Madison and they were so gracious to us. if there was ever a man i would have wanted for an uncle, Pete would be that man. he was so great with Skye - he would get down on his hands and knees (he was a rather tall man) and play with her. whatever she said, he thought wonderful and brilliant. there aren't too many "big" people Skye gets excited to see, but "Mr. Bosscher" was different from other big people. so it was with difficulty we explained to Skye that Mr. Bosscher had died. we had visited the Bosschers a few weeks ago and Skye got a chance to see Pete who was quite changed in appearance. now, i'm glad she got that opportunity. it was heartbreaking to see Skye crying to hear about Pete. she kept asking why he died and then she said she didn't like it that people died, that she didn't want to die. we're planning to take her to the funeral - it'll be a good way for all of us to say goodbye to Pete and to hopefully give some comfort to Marcia.