Nick died last week, and while it wasn’t a shock, it certainly has left me speechless.  A day or so after I wrote my last post, I emailed him to tell him about my site.  I only hope he had a chance to read it before he passed.

He had been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer – a fact I omitted in my tribute to him – mainly because I didn’t think it incredibly important.

We don’t often have a chance to tell those who have made a difference in our lives how we really feel.  Remembering people after the fact is ok I suppose, but what if we had the chance to just tell them, while they were alive and coherent?  I don’t want to miss that opportunity.  Maybe I didn’t with Nick, but I will never know for sure.