I would miss your kindness, your sense of humor, your intelligence, your insightfulness, your daring, your girl updates, and much more.

Who else would stand up to the status quo and misguided popular opinion like you do?

Who else would take a longstanding and accepted - but wrong - idea, and stand it on its head?

Who else would have the wisdom to understand the difference between rebellion against tyranny (which is obedience to God), and rebellion for the sake of rebellion (which is disobedience to God).

Who else would devote so much of their energy to all of the girls around him, just because they need someone to look after them and care for them?

Sure, there are a few others who do one or more of these things, and do them well, but those who can do all of these are exceedingly rare, and those who do them with panache even rarer. We need everyone we can get, but we need those who can be an example to others, and those who can lead in both thought and deed, more than anything else.

But more than all that, you are my friend. Never forget that.




Baldur