Hello,
Yesterday the world lost a very sweet person. My friend Daniel "Danny" Klemy passed away peacefully surrounded by family & friends...he was 64 years old. Danny always saw the silver lining and had a smile on his face. I mention Danny not only because he was a special person in my life but also his life taught me important lessons.
Lesson 1# Family and friends are a priority. Danny was Italian so his family reminded me of a scene from "Everyone Loves Raymond"...my family reminds me of a cast of a Tyler Perry stage play but I love them dearly. And anyone who knows me fully understands to if you fit into "best friend" status then I will take a bullet for you.*
Lesson 2# Love fully...Danny loved my best friend Lois from the heel of her feet to the follicles in her hair! If you spent 5 minutes with Lois then you would know she's a lot to handle..she named her cats Christian Dior & Neiman Marcus..pause for laughter...I'm serious! Danny loved Lois with all her flaws and vice versa...they had that old school kinda love....they actually "courted"...nowadays if you use that term, someone will try to call a lawyer.
Lesson 3# Be happy...Danny was given 4-6 months to live over 4 years ago and I never heard him complain once. This was a person who was diagnosed with cancer and paralyzed and the most he complained about was being disappointed when the USC Gamecocks lost a game. While is easy to complain about the things that suck in our lives, we should take time to thing about all the great things that we have.
These are the lessons I learned from my dear friend Danny.
P.S. If you're still wondering how the reading challenge is doing..it's going okay despite all the recent events.
* By bullet I mean rubber bullet or BB pellets & I'm also wearing a suit of armor.
To you I extend my very late condolences. Love ya, and I am really enjoying your blog . . .it's sooooooooo YOU!! :) I think it's really cool that you challenged yourself to read 100 books in 2013.
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