Today is not a joyful day for us. Jerry battled COPD for over 20 years before he couldn’t fight any more. Nelda, his bride of 57 years notified us that she was holding Jerry when he left us.

We will miss Jerry’s unrivaled humor, his smile, his laugh, and his random phone calls just to check in. Though it’s been a while since we’ve seen him, there hasn’t been a day when something we saw, or heard reminded us of him. That will never end.

He will be missed.

We pray for Jerry, that he will enter God’s Kingdom. There were some shaky moments during our encounters, where we were having more fun that the law allowed and knew we all were in serious danger of going the other way. I have no doubt he prevailed and will keep an eye on us as we travel the road toward our next meeting.

We pray for Nelda, too. You have an entire village of friends, and we all love you.

Peace.