So Greg left this world last week.  Same day as Michael Jackson & Farrah.  Very weird, for me, losing two icons from my youth and one of my contemporaries passing.  That has stirred a lot for me.  The preciousness of life.  Death and what it might really mean or be like.  Family.

Greg had become quite religious his last several years…I think he really loved his Lord and wanted to share that.  Not all of us were so keen on listening to Greg, post-conversion.   Conversations became awkward.   And, as a result, they became further and further apart.

So just prior to one of the first “conversations” I had with Greg, after his passing, I was feeling a lot of regret for not being in better communication, basically since his first illness several years ago, we’ve had rare communications.   My regret is, in part, that I lost out on hanging out more with Greg.   As I’m trying to drop into my heart, to pray, to bring more light and peace to that sore spot, I felt Greg’s “presence” almost laughing at me, telling me to just drop that regret stuff…to take delight in the love of God I could feel when I thought of or felt Greg.  Rather than mope in regret, what did I learn from it – being in communication with loved ones is important.  I’ve left that by the wayside recently.

It’s been quite an experience of feeling that much “good stuff” being shared with someone who’s departed this world.  My sense is of the Greg I knew and loved, being relieved of pain and being able to just beam love and caring down – or over – or however it works!

Just know that he feels a little like a guardian angel or wayshower.  Nice.  Prayer answered.

At his memorial one of his friends said that when she was undergoing chemotherapy, Greg collected some music for her, “including some obscure music…like “The Israelites.”  That Greg would have had that song made me smile…it’s one I really liked as a teenager…it was really catchy then and still is…I’ve been humming “The Israelites” since the service last Thursday.  I always liked it, but enough already!

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