04-25-2018, 08:58 PM
I'd been meaning to announce this here all day, but just kept putting it off. Just didn't want to put it in writing.
Lady Cranefly and I were at the hospital last night with about 15 others. The word had gone out that the time was near. We stayed until 1 in the morning. He died sometime during the night.
I still carry my original Wing Lam Kung Fu School membership card in my billfold. It's dated 3/18/1982. That's when I started, 36 years ago.
He's been teaching some of us senior students on Sunday mornings for years. He last showed up for class two Sundays ago. Barely able to walk, in obvious pain. But this was his life, this was what he did, watching over us, correcting us in so many ways, forever generous in sharing his multifaceted knowledge.
Hard to believe he's gone.
Lady Cranefly and I were at the hospital last night with about 15 others. The word had gone out that the time was near. We stayed until 1 in the morning. He died sometime during the night.
I still carry my original Wing Lam Kung Fu School membership card in my billfold. It's dated 3/18/1982. That's when I started, 36 years ago.
He's been teaching some of us senior students on Sunday mornings for years. He last showed up for class two Sundays ago. Barely able to walk, in obvious pain. But this was his life, this was what he did, watching over us, correcting us in so many ways, forever generous in sharing his multifaceted knowledge.
Hard to believe he's gone.