May god keep him.
This does not do him just service. But the man was loved, the man was respected and Nick... you will be missed and mourned as strongly as I know you would have for me.
This is for the dead, For those no longer here, I remain. The living may take refuge in their own hearts and their own minds, but the dead may live only in the hearts and minds of others. This is for the children of the grave. For those who are trapped forever in the stillness of the grave, for those who are trapped forever in the flux of memory, I offer this. I am for the dead. For the honor of the dead I draw their spoken words from the silence of the tomb and speak them aloud again. With every passing nod, every passing word, every action, and every interaction part of what makes us human is passed to those around us and together we make humanity and we make ourselves immortal. In the absence of those before me I carry on with what they have given. This is for the departed. I am for them, and I am here.
This is for the dead, For those no longer here, I remain. The living may take refuge in their own hearts and their own minds, but the dead may live only in the hearts and minds of others. This is for the children of the grave. For those who are trapped forever in the stillness of the grave, for those who are trapped forever in the flux of memory, I offer this. I am for the dead. For the honor of the dead I draw their spoken words from the silence of the tomb and speak them aloud again. With every passing nod, every passing word, every action, and every interaction part of what makes us human is passed to those around us and together we make humanity and we make ourselves immortal. In the absence of those before me I carry on with what they have given. This is for the departed. I am for them, and I am here.