If Vickie had not passed away, tomorrow would have been our 23rd wedding anniversary. So I am taking some time off.
I had thought about writing another tribute to Vickie. But it occurred to me that written and spoken tributes are generally so shallow. I don’t mean that they are insincere. I mean that they always pale in comparison to what the person really was. I think back to Vickie’s funeral and how we tried to “sum up her life” and give a sense of the impact she made. We tried hard to honor her. But, whatever words are spoken always fall short of what a person is and what they mean to others.
I’ll give you another example of what I mean. It turns out that tomorrow is also the 6th anniversary of the passing of Chet Atkins. I had thought about recording a couple of tunes in his style and giving them away on this blog as I have done before, as a tribute to Chet. Then I thought: the best tribute that can be paid to him is his own music.
So I will leave you with this thought for a few days: you are creating your own tribute each moment and, when you are laid to rest, the tribute that fits you best will be the life you led.