An earthquake may have been the thing to wake me...
But the news of an amazing friend dying from a heart attack last Thursday has been the thing to shake me up.
I don't know what to do right now. My boss called me at about 1pm after I was reading an email from a mutual friend telling me she thought it to be true...and I refused to believe it until I got that call...as soon as I saw John's name pop up on my cell, I knew it was true.
I was crying before I could answer...and he confirmed it to be true.
Papa John was crying as he told me...then 3 girls who were working today, also knew him well and came in the office while John was on the phone with me...and he told them...and they broke down as well.
We have all been talking to each other, and sharing stories. He touched sooooo many lives!! He even helped a friends MOTHER out when she needed it. Who does that?? BEAR DOES!!
He never wanted for anything other than hugs and smiles.
I cried for a good hour or more...stopped and felt numb...then cried some more.
I have not gotten out of my PJ's and I probably wont. I want to do something in honor of him...and while I cannot light a candle that he gave me (Like Sharon is doing right now), I have sooo many other wonderful things he has gifted me over the years, including my 40D which if it were not for him, I may not have been able to afford...
Gary Crawford, aka "BEAR"...you are always in my heart, and you were an angel on this earth, and forever will be watching over all of your "cubs"...
XOXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
I took this when we went to Hurst Castle back in 2007. Before I got my 40D. We had such a fun time!!
We listened to the new Santana album all the way down the open road in that tiny miata convertible he rented for the weekend. lol
I don't know what to do right now. My boss called me at about 1pm after I was reading an email from a mutual friend telling me she thought it to be true...and I refused to believe it until I got that call...as soon as I saw John's name pop up on my cell, I knew it was true.
I was crying before I could answer...and he confirmed it to be true.
Papa John was crying as he told me...then 3 girls who were working today, also knew him well and came in the office while John was on the phone with me...and he told them...and they broke down as well.
We have all been talking to each other, and sharing stories. He touched sooooo many lives!! He even helped a friends MOTHER out when she needed it. Who does that?? BEAR DOES!!
He never wanted for anything other than hugs and smiles.
I cried for a good hour or more...stopped and felt numb...then cried some more.
I have not gotten out of my PJ's and I probably wont. I want to do something in honor of him...and while I cannot light a candle that he gave me (Like Sharon is doing right now), I have sooo many other wonderful things he has gifted me over the years, including my 40D which if it were not for him, I may not have been able to afford...
Gary Crawford, aka "BEAR"...you are always in my heart, and you were an angel on this earth, and forever will be watching over all of your "cubs"...
XOXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
I took this when we went to Hurst Castle back in 2007. Before I got my 40D. We had such a fun time!!
We listened to the new Santana album all the way down the open road in that tiny miata convertible he rented for the weekend. lol