Hanokh

Gone so soon?

Brother, you were a revelation. Say hello to the Lord, Charles, and the rest of the cloud of witnesses for us who are still down here, k? We miss you, but Esther will miss you most. You have no idea how long she waited for you to show up.

Then again, you probably do, since you waited that long yourself. You are twice the man I could ever be.

Say hello to Yi-Jien if he's up there, and not hiding out in a Montana snow cave. Tell him I miss talking philosophy with him, that I miss his weiqi lessons. Tell him that Sindy misses him a lot, that she loves him a lot, that we felt he left too soon too... but we'd be foolish to question the wisdom of the Lord.

Say hello to Lee. I don't know if her parents cry themselves to sleep anymore.

Say hello to Sam. Sam, sorry I was so incompetent at taking care of you. You taught me a lot about the human spirit. Sam, do you get to talk to brother Dietrich about his last days at Buchenwald (I think it was)? For some reason, I feel like you both went through similar ordeals, though your prisons were very different in nature.

Say hello to Prof. Hatcher and Doc Campbell. I don't think I could be half the men they were, either.

There are so many others. Lord, I'm so tired.