Just a little news for us

We lost a friend today.  He’d had a long, long, full life.  A man I’ve known for thirty two years now, and respected, and loved.  He sat in the very back of the chapel with his wife – his dear wife, the woman who taught me how to make really killer peanut brittle.  A woman of great heart and kindness.  Now a widow.  Jess gave me some great gifts.  He made me feel like I was okay.  Like I had a right to use my share of air, to take up room on the planet.  Like I have done well.  Of all the people on the earth, he could make me believe those things – if only for minutes at a time.  I wish you could have heard his voice.  It was lovely.  And when he spoke of what he believed, I believed him.  Like a rock.  A solid, wise, loving rock.

I’m gonna miss him.