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Two links I want to pass on:
RIP notice on The Beat blog (where Brian posted often)
And I wanted to post a link to a fund for Brian's daughter, but I can't find it now. Maybe someone reconsidered, or the family asked for it to be taken down.
I am saddened to hear of his passing. I send my condolences to his family. Dagwan, you are missed.
Jason, I've lost family members and I've lost a few friends as well. The thing to me that is stranger than losing grandparents (and one cousin), is how strangely and unnatural it seems that they are gone. Even after you've gone through the whole grieving process and done the whole funeral vistation/service thing, mourned with his family, said your good-byes...somehow, you still expect them to be a part of your everyday life. This October marked the 18th anniversary of the death of a friend of mine. We were in college together at the time. It's weird to think that by now, we would have grown apart and just been facebook friends, but I remember for about a year after at the time, I would think I saw him walking across campus, and for a fleeting moment, somehow having forgotten the whole thing, thought, "Hey, there's Jay. Better go shoulder-bump him." A split second later, I would realize it wasn't him, and how could it possibly have been?
If they were very close to you that never goes away. I recently thought for a second I should tell my father one of his favorite movies was on tv. Lost him in 2001.
My mother died this day last year, I can't think about death right now.
I went to Brian's memorial tonight. It was a very nice ceremony. Basically anyone who wanted to got up and said a few words about him. There were a lot of folks there. Many were customers. Brian had a knack for making everyone who walked in the store feel welcomed. He'll truly be missed.
Thank you for sharing this, Jason.
Jason Marconnet (Pint sized mod) said:
I went to Brian's memorial tonight. It was a very nice ceremony. Basically anyone who wanted to got up and said a few words about him. There were a lot of folks there. Many were customers. Brian had a knack for making everyone who walked in the store feel welcomed. He'll truly be missed.
I'm so glad you were able to go, Jason. Thanks for sharing that.
Thanks, Jason.