ez_mo

i found out today that a friend -- the man who married us -- is gone. tom ringrose died sunday of an asthma attack.

i'm still in shock. i dreamt of him 2 weeks ago and in my dream he looked so much younger than i'd ever known him. i felt so real. i sent him an e-mail the next morning to tell him that i was thinking of him and missed seeing him. i'm glad i took the time to do that one simple thing.

tom was such an extraordinary individual and he touched so many lives. that sounds trite, but it's true. he moved i so many circles in this town. he hobnobbed with the richy-richs of the town and was just as comfortable to befriend the baristas at his favorite coffee joints. he was down-to-earth and yet he was way out there: he was a psychic, channelling, UFO-seeing Anglican priest. as i recall, he managed the cardiac care unit at UVA. mostly, though, he was an incredibly spiritual Good Guy. You could feel the calm and peace radiate off of him.

He's gone and it's fucking wrong.