My ex-husband, Ralph Braueler, had a very offbeat sense of humor. In the fourteen years of our marriage I learned to appreciate his dry humor. He reminded me a lot of Bob Newhart. You had to pay attention to realize how funny he really was. When he was teaching our nephew, Brian, how to drive he told him the deer on it's hind legs meant dancing deer and that the two wavy lines with a car in the middle meant drunk driver ahead. A truck on an incline sign meant falling trucks ahead. Sadly Ralph developed esophogeal cancer and the doctors didn't expect him to live through the Christmas holidays. (Christmas of 2008). Well, Ralph surprised us all and lived a few months longer than the doctors predicted and typical of his offbeat sense of humor Ralph passed away on April 1st (April Fool's Day). Even in dying he got in the last laugh. Even after our divorce we remained friends and stayed in contact over the years until he became too sick to get online. I am deeply greatful to his lovely second wife, Belinda, for understanding I still cared about Ralph and for keeping me updated on his health. The first picture is how I remember him, but I wanted to include the one taken last Christmas because it showed that even facing a catastrophic illness he had not lost his sense of humor. Check out the reindeer horns. Goodbye my friend you will be missed!
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