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A friend lost but not forgotten.

RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
Late last night, about midnight, I lost a friend.
Cancer was the culprit.
Pain was the antagonist.
Still Mr. Bush could smile, weak as he was it was there, a smile.
For now he is lost to me but I know we will meet again in the great hereafter.

The first time I had the pleasure of meeting this larger than life man was when he had all but cut his hand off with a table saw.
Seriously, almost off!
As a rag held his hand together, we finished the project he had started, a bathroom remodel.
There was no quit was in this man!
At well over six feet in height and weighing close to three hundred pounds, he was a giant of a man.
A gentle giant.

As with all men with a few years under they're belt he had a vast amount of knowledge to impart into the minds of others and as we worked or sometimes just rode around and talked, I eagerly soaked in as mush as I could.
Yes, you could say I liked him from the first time we met.
A man in the truest sense of the word.
A honest man.
A friend.

Left behind after his eighty-two years of life there is quiet a list of loved ones as well as friends.
Husband, father, grand father, great grandfather and friend to all he met.
This is his legacy.
A good man, simple but true!

Comments

  • Lee.mcglynnLee.mcglynn Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,228
    Sorry to hear the bad news... My condolences to his family and friends
  • RBeckomRBeckom Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,099
    Lee.mcglynn:
    Sorry to hear the bad news... My condolences to his family and friends


    Thank you.
    I will relay your message.
  • ToombesToombes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,451
    I'm saddened to hear of the lose of your friend, Rodney. My condolences to you, your family and to his family as well. Friends as you described him to be are few and far between.
  • Rail JockeyRail Jockey Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 758
    Sorry for your loss. Sounds like a great person.
  • jgibvjgibv Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,996
    Rodney, I am sorry to read about the loss of your close friend. My thoughts/prayers go out to you and everyone who knew him and will miss him.

    And it sounds like you two shared a wonderful bond that's very rare these days - I think everyone would wish to have a friend, or be a friend, in the way that he was to you. May he rest peacefully and may you always remember the good times you two shared.
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