Everyone I Know, Goes Away in the End
Salaam Alaikum,
It has been a very hard week and one that two of my regular readers (and my fraternity brothers), Dan and Matt, and I will hopefully never forget. On Sunday, May 27th 2007, one of my our most beloved brothers and friends, Robert McDill, committed suicide. I don't even know how to explain my feelings this week. As I sit typing this here in the lobby of my hotel in Daytona, FL, the only place I want to be in the whole world is West Lafayette, Indiana, so I can feel Rob in everything I do there.
I missed the viewing and the funeral because I had to come here to Florida, but at least I was able to drive down to Lafayette on Tuesday from Chicago to see Rob's family and Rick, his old roommate and another brother. What a hard trip - it just seemed so unreal to be in Lafayette and not see Rob.
Thoughts on education, politics, social justice, equality, pop culture and Islam through the heart, mind and soul of an American Muslim. I am a 32-year old male, Hindu convert to Islam, community college professor, doctoral student and past coordinator for Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence. Please email me at iwontjudgeyou@live.com
in my prayers....
ReplyDeletegod be with his family during these difficult times.
i know dude...i was in prague during the funeral and all i kept thinking was how i wish i was in west lafayette and how rob would have loved to have been there.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great service, with a lot of brothers in attendance. I appreciate that you wish you could have been there, and that yuo took the time to go down early. Best Regards,
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