Having known this dear man I have to say it is a great and wonderful experience.
He has given of himself so many times to those who know him and love him.
There is a desire within me to remember him always for the person he was.
As you have noted by the many pieces I have been writing he is no longer here in person.
But that doesn't preclude my loving the man as a friend and brother.
He has given me the privilege of doing both and I am most happy to see it happen.
He is a wonderful man of whom my life is blessed and rather full.
May you come to know him through these words and know he has a great heart within that reaches beyond the grave.
I know he has touched my life in the most blissful way possible for reaching out to me when I needed someone he was there.
I will always remember the love that he had for me and cherish the memory of this great man.
(© Poeticbearlovestowrite 2014)