2 years already?

Today is a happy/sad day.

2 years ago today Greg passed away. He was 55. He was a man from whom I learned a lot including though not limited to my teaching style. He was a man I respected a great deal and his passing had a huge impact.

Think of this; had he not passed when and how he did...I quite likely would not have married Emily. And that would have been sad indeed.

A lot of the impetus for me changing my mind on marriage had to do with his influence. I wanted to be as good a person as him. And part of that had to do with letting people get close enough to hurt me if things went wrong. Not that Emily has...but anytime you are in love as we have come to be, there is that risk. And sadly, without Greg passing as he did I might never have been willing to accept that risk.

So even though he is gone his influence lives on and in many ways I have him to thank for my awesome wife. Strange how good can come from bad.