Posted by Jim Powell on April 22, 2005 at 04:07:31 from 4.63.115.105 hnllhi1-ar2-4-63-115-105.hnllhi1.dsl-verizon.net :
It's hard to believe that tonight it was four years ago that I looked out on the Maui sunset and cried knowing it was the last sunset, the last cycle we'd take together on this earth. I went out on the porch tonight and watched the sun set at the exact same spot off the weatern tip of Lana'i. In some ways it seems, it feels, a lot longer than 4 years. Next year will be five? Hmmn, that gives me a deadline... gotta get the book by then, Deb has to finish the quilt (she'd been waiting on me for a lot of stuff). You'd be very proud of Stephen and the work he's put into his new career, it's a struggle but he's doing what he wants to do, and as you always said, that's what's important. Debbie and I have been doing what we want as well. We've been traveling the past four years, next week we're going to Budapest and Prague -- we're seeing things now and not waiting. Hell, 50 years isn't like we're jumping the gun. I've spent time with Mark Kennedy, with Val Whitacre, renewed a lifelong friendship with Jimmy, because of what happened 4 years ago. I'm a better person, and I value the relationships I've built since you've been gone. No one will ever take your place -- but the neat thing about this website is knowing that all of us feel the same. You remain in our hearts, our minds, and in our souls, as the sun continues to spin it's cycle around our lives. We miss you Dad.