In a message dated 11/13/2004 6:15:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> This may sound odd, but it's good to have someone to talk to at this > hour, even if none of you are awake! > > I watched exactly two things on television in the last month. One was > the election results. The other was Thursday night, a Veterans Day > special about families in Northern California who'd lost loved ones in > the war. They were all so young, so much like Wes... a day later, we > are one of those families. I want to meet them, hug them, cry and bitch > with them. > > Semper fi, Wes. > > We are here and we are listening. If you do meet others who have lost others give them a hug for me as well. Last year my wife's nephew Mark died at age 23 of lymphoma. He was diagnoed two years before days after coming home from his honeymoon. Mark and his wife Amy knew nothing but disease throughout their brief marriage but they were (and she remains) wonderful young people. Smart gentle and kind. Their love for each other was so powerful that it withstood this trajedy. They faced his disease with a quiet calm determinism. Last Christmas my wife and I chipped in with Mark's parents to send Mark and Amy to Paris, a place that Amy and Mark wanted to go to for many years. Mark was a great cook and upon their return he and Amy took great delight describing their meals. At Mark's funeral my son Max who is shy and has enormous difficulty expressing his emotions stood up and said that Mark had been a role model and hero for him. It is tragic when young people die. I can only hope that Wes had what Mark had in his brief life; someone to love who loved him back. Semper fii, Wes Goodbye Mark _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
