Thursday, March 24, 2011

Goodbye for now, my friend.


The world was a happier place with you in it.

Always making people laugh. Always putting a smile on someone’s face. 
You were greatly loved, and are greatly missed, JB.

Do not keep the alabaster box of your friendship sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak approving, cheering words while their ears can hear them, and while their hearts can be thrilled and made happier. The kind of things you mean to say when they are gone, say before they go. 

— George W. Childs


Jonathan’s death has had a HUGE impact on my life. So many lessons have been taught through this traumatic event. The words above have a new meaning. Read them and take them to heart. Don’t take anything, or anyone, for granted. Love is a verb. Put that verb into action.  - SLR