I’m not sure if this it the right place to post, sorry if it’s not.

I found out this past weekend that my uncle had passed away. It was absolutely devastating because I adored him.

We weren’t related by blood, he and his wife were my grandmas best friends. But he was more of a grandparent to me than my actual grandma.

Unfortunately I hadn’t spoken to him is years, due to a fear of my grandma and dad. They were extremely abusive, so if I reached out to my uncle I risked bringing my abusers back into my life.

I missed him every day and regretted my decision to stay out of touch. I was actually going to reach out to him at Christmas time.

I lost my only grandparent figure. I want a way to remember him and always hav him with me. But I don’t want it to seem weird because I hadn’t seen him in years.

The title says uncle because that’s what I called him. But he was like a grandparent