Andrew is no longer here .
He's somewhere else.
He left us suddenly without warning and he's no longer here.
Andrew was always there.He didn't say much but wherever we were he was there .
He was there in times good and bad ,he was there .He was quiet , reclusive, retiring and sometimes solemn but he was there.
In his prime he was there for all his family.He was there for his parents,he was there for his friends,siblings and children and he was there for me .He was tirelessly there to serve and give when and what he could.
As time unfolded he had less to give and less to offer ,but he was there ,and all he had was himself and even then when the opportunity arose he he would offer himself ,even if it was simply to lessen one's burden by offering to carry a weight.
Yet now he's no longer there at family gatherings,at church,at home or elsewhere.
He's not there .
But where is he?
He's not here , as hard as that is to take ,he's no longer here.
He is there . Andrew is there.He is there where he was before we ever knew the difference between here and there .
He is there ,where all our deceased ancestors are,where billions of people throughout time that also once walked on earth are now.He is there where all the rest of us will arrive at one day .
Andrew was always there .....and right now he is there....
