How do you value a friendship?
Is it how much time you spend around someone, the common bond between you or is it the ability to reflect on your relationship with that person? I don't know. I guess every situation is different. What I know is I will miss my friend Al. Al passed away after a long battle with cancer. He always had a quick one-liner for me, and a good word of advice. We had not spent that much time together, but I had alot of admiration for him. Our trip to the northern reaches of our country and beyond will not soon leave me. I caught the flu at the Nature Valley Grand Prix in Minnesota. As I coughed continuosly, fom the backseat, Al championed the 14 hour drive back to STL with only the guidance of his son Brian. I never saw Al as cancer ate away at him. I have a hard time imagining that he was ever weak. But, if he is gone now then the fight had come and gone. Al was and is a great influence on how to live life, a great friend, a fellow passionate cyclist, a leader to his family, and a loving father and husband. How do I know all of this? He quite plainly made me aware of these things without even having to explain it.
I will miss my friend.
I will miss my friend.
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