Zaner and Uncle Willie are Reunited!

March 17, 2022

Hey Zaner Fans! I'm back. The trip home from Austin was fraught with challenges (the South terminal is NOT at the main airport FYI...it's a 20-minute drive in the middle of nowhere) and then I was sunk in work upon my return to Florida.

But we need to catch up, don't we? I didn't mean to keep you all dangling on the Memorial Celebration for Zane held at Willie's Nelson's Luck Ranch. So, let's do that now, shall we?

On Willie's ranch, he has a LUCK sign up on a hill, much like the HOLLYWOOD sign in Los Angeles (albeit much smaller). That is the spot we reunited Zane with his "Uncle Willie." Remember the story I told at Zane's Celebration of Life of the time when I learned he thought Willie Nelson was his uncle? If you haven't seen or heard that story, I'll put a snippet here. The quality of a video of a video isn't great, but you can hear the story and have a laugh! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q76qqWZtt7A

I was gifted a small jar of what once contained Willie's Reserve medical marijuana (since cleaned) and that's what I brought to Austin with Zane's ashes in. Seemed only fitting, right? I brought along a couple of the framed photos I have in the house of Zane with "Uncle Willie."

This was just a private memorial, but now Zane is also in Luck, Texas with the beloved Nelson Family. Later in the evening, we were LUCKY (see what I did there?) enough to bear witness to a very emotional family performance with Willie and his two sons, Lukas and Micah.

What a day we all had. It was also St. Paddy's, so the LUCK of the Irish was with us! Thanks for the ride, Zaner! #CloudSkaterZane #UncleWillie #ZaneInTheClouds