Big Hearts for the Rest of Us

Hi Richard... I don't know how much any my musings will reach you at this time. There is so little time, really. I have no way to say what I feel. I've tried, and the writings just get longer and mean less.

So let me say that there is no one in my experience who could hold a candle to you in terms of generosity of spirit, positivity of vision, and inclusion of all passersby. You are an orchestra conductor and we are the musicians. (I suppose we all do that in our way but you're really good at it...) You have a way of showing up at the right time with just exactly the right solution to a problem that we didn't even know we had. And you do it all with a smile. Even when I talked to you on Zoom -- bed ridden and down -- you smiled. You broke my heart with that.

I don't have any photos. I probably I did but I've had so many lost drives that I've had to become a willful Luddite. So please excuse my lack of visuals and accept my words instead. At least for now.

The older you get the more you say goodbye.

I love you, my friend. There is no other choice.

--Jim Page