tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775680.post1688645105485814927..comments2023-05-17T04:42:03.625-07:00Comments on Evan Abla & Julia Roat-Abla: Christmas SurprisesEvan and Julia Ablahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611518156255266260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775680.post-90416321614476997872007-12-19T14:17:00.000-08:002007-12-19T14:17:00.000-08:00OK Dad--I am sitting here not with tears, but cryi...OK Dad--<BR/>I am sitting here not with tears, but crying out loud---know what---I miss him too and who is was to you---best friends survive the boundaries of time, distance and life experiences. Your friendship with Howard was, for lack of a more expressive word, extraordinary--once in a lifetime. We should all be so fortunate.<BR/>Your daughter (the blogger's sister),<BR/>MarshaMarshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892880057977848604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775680.post-71372706649349094142007-12-19T13:55:00.000-08:002007-12-19T13:55:00.000-08:00Director and assistants.please correct.Director and assistants.<BR/><BR/>please correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775680.post-73548142862600355092007-12-19T13:53:00.000-08:002007-12-19T13:53:00.000-08:00Many times. More than I can remember. Those were o...Many times. More than I can remember. Those were often the calls that pushed me over the edge of doubt...to move out...take risks...do the insane...become the radical Christian I needed to be.<BR/><BR/>I miss him...He died a few years ago...strange place...seated at the back of the funeral home assisting with another's grief...fell forward and was dead before he hit the floor.<BR/><BR/>The funeral went on...no one knew what had happened except the director and his assistance. I miss him...his voice...his insults...his encouragement...I miss him.<BR/><BR/>He taught me grace...because I had to have so much of it to deal with him.<BR/><BR/>Always, answer the phone, it could be the last one you receive from that one whom you take for granted...they may be looking for some more grace.<BR/><BR/>Please excuse the tear blot on this sheet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com