Today our family lost a very dear friend. Joe was a member of our Bird Ladder family (my family's business) and he was so excited about Eddie. My dad would always tell me how Joe had Eddie's birth announcement, various invites and pictures on his fridge. Joe was always incredibly generous and even sent my dad home with a Christmas present for Eddie - a train set, which we planned to put it around the Christmas tree from then on. That train set will now represent the generosity and caring nature of a wonderful person that we were lucky to know and have in our lives. A couple of weeks ago, Joe underwent a heart surgery for his chronic heart disease. I was hopeful that after his surgery, Eddie and I would be able to visit Joe at the shop soon.
Eddie was never able to visit the man that cared for him so much, thought of him often and was one of the two people allowed to call him Ed. Joe will be missed greatly and thought of often.
-maggie
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