As I mourn the loss of my best friend, my mind races wildly and ponders questions like why God?, why now?, why do you always take the best? and don't you know that he has so much yet to give? Then I consider how The Chief would response and I can clearly hear him explain simply that "It is not our place to know" or "We're not supposed to know now, but later", or perhaps "There are always good reasons for God to do what He does". My hurt is not relieved but the loss of this Christ like human being, who I consider to be my best friend, is soothed and memories are firmly etched in my mind, forever.

It would be difficult to relate all of the enjoyable and wholesome experiences that "The Chief" and I had together. There are just too many. In fact, it seems to me that most every encounter with him was a special event. I think he had that impact upon everyone. He had a way of making every person feel special and of assuring them that what they did, said, and thought was important. To him, they were.
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