Seeing Everything in Perspective

My heart is breaking today. A "prince of a fellow" is very ill.

My DIL and son have a best friend. When Jaci was tending bar in The Cooker in Boardman, Ohio, and met Tyler for the first time, she called her best friend and asked if he knew Tyler. He responded, "Jaci, you live across the street from him!" This friend has been an ever-present and wonderful part of their life ever since.

This man is the kind of guy who has an immediate impact on everyone who meets him. If you're a woman, you fall madly and passionately in love with him. If you're a man, you have instantly found your best friend. He has a heart for his community, for removing the darkness in Youngstown's history and restoring it to a wonderful place to live. He's an activist, dedicated to making things happen. He is a gifted and talented musician, an inspiring teacher. He's just a helluva nice guy.

On my refrigerator is a button that says "Cancer Sucks". I hate this horrible disease. But most of all, I don't understand why the good guys go early and the SOBs live so long.

My wish is that medical science can pull a rabbit out of the hat and give our dear friend more time to grace our lives.