Good bye, Brother -- you dear sir loved life. Even in the face of so much tragedy -- you tried.
All of the things in your world represented life, from the little zoo you set up in your bedroom when just a child to the real life zoo in your back yard...complete with a lion and a Ostrich type bird???...surrounded by the trees you planted to complete your living world. Your kindness and your laughter resonates across your diverse circle of friends. While you were chastised for being yourself by some, you were loved by many -- and in the end even the ones who shied from you loved you deeply and it is now known that just like yourself, you forgave them -- for they (and yourself) know not what they did.
Your legacy, the picnic table sessions, the people you worked beside everyday, your family and friends and the ones you touched at festivals and gatherings are forever touched by your kindness and sincerity.
You will live on through your sensitivity but especially through the beauty and wisdom of your children and the gift they had to know the loving and flawed person you were, but above all, the lessons of triumph and tragedy that comes with all people who try hard to be free and kind.
Your spirit is free and WE LOVE YOU ~##imported-begin##kryptical##imported-end##