However, I've made an exception for Ron Cole.
He was special.
I remember with fondness that joie dans le moment.
(smile!)
The photo is of the One Voice Children's Choir. I don't know if they are art of the Unitarian Universalist Church that Ron and Susan belong to here in Savannah. The song, "The Memories Bring Back You", was very appropriate, though.
There were more than eighty people in attendance and many shared their memories of Ron as a father, a husband, a childhood friend, a choir member, a carpenter, a cook, a work colleague, a chess player, and a man who was a goofy genius.
How marvelous!
Ron's daughter, Veronica, and his son, Tyler, were there to speak, as was Ron's younger brother Warren.
Another Warren (Tayloe) was from his childhood days in Texas, as was Dean McKay, and they had stories of Ron the bassoon player, Ron the dogwalker, Ron the newspaper boy, who once tied a rope around his foot and hung it out the window so his boss could wake him... and nearly drag him from the second-story window!
Hahahaha! Hahaha!
Oh, yes, that made me laugh, as did many of the stories!
I swear I could hear Ron laughing, too, at those shared memories.
(smile!)
He and Susan shared fifteen years together, many of them in their little house with the red door, near Daffin Park.
She will one day return to that house, once her new job is completed.
I wish her happy memories to mix with her tears...
and offer a hand and a hug, as do many others.
He was a blessing shared with all of us.
i thank You, God.
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Afterward, I called my stepmom, Bonnie, and we chatted for over an hour!
That's a big deal, as neither of us really like talking on the phone, preferring our lunch-and-a-movie face-to-face meetings.
Still, it was so good to hear each other's voices and catch up on our lives and those we know and love!
I knew Merritt was 14, but hadn't realized that meant he was a high school student now - 9th grade!
And Conner is in 7th!!!
Time passes so quickly...
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