Ode to Uncle Lowell

This poem was written by my cousin Sharee, my dad's niece. She gave this to me when dad was first in the ICU. We printed it out and took it to him and have read it to him several times. It's really sweet and is a wonderful tribute to my dad. I think it is very heartfelt and would love to share it with all our friends and family.

For Lowell

My uncle Lowell is one of a kind
of that we all agree
he's smart and funny and has a little bite
and he taught all of this to me

When I was only 3 or 4
he taught me how to dance
I thought he was so wonderful
on me he took a chance

Then one day after school
when I was 5 or 6
I missed the bus to home
and he saved me from the mess

When he met Rhonda and married her
and I was only 12
at the punch bowel was where I served
into their lives I delved

He learned how crazy girls could be
when they were almost grown
he learned he had no chance at all
with 2 girls of his own

He gave me lots and lots of advice
and some of it was good
He even liked my husband to be
and marry him I should

No-one will ever understand
how much he means to me
he's always been my favorite uncle
he's always filled a need

I feel that we are really close
no matter how far away
I feel that he was like a dad
in so many different ways

So thank-you Lowell for being you
and letting me be me
and teaching me and loving me
and helping me to be

Love,
your niece
Sharee