1 March 2017

 


Hey Mom - Happy Birthday!! Hope you are having a super day! Thanks for sending over the funeral program. I wanted to share with you the attached pic of Sherman's business card - he gave it to me back in the mid to late 90's sometime when he came and stayed with us at our place on Galapago. Sherman and I had a very long visit one of the nights he stayed there - just he and I sitting in the basement talking about life and it's challenges. I didn't realize it at the time, but I'm sure there was a decent probability that you may have informed him I was struggling with school and church among other things, so if you did, Mom - thank you.  Anyway, he gave me his card that night and told me to reach out to him if I ever needed advice or just wanted someone to talks things over with. I regretfully never took him up on his offer, but I thought about him occasionally and kept his card all these years just incase I decided to reach out. Anyway - he was a special guy and I'm glad I got to know him, even if it was only for an evening many years ago.

Have a super day everyone!

Sam




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