spcasm's Blog

     Reading the Jan 3-9 2008  Westward CALHOUN  REMINDERS  i MUST QUOTE:

      "FOR "ALMOST THIRTY YEARS, HER LIFE WOULD REVOLVE AROUND THE WORLD THEY CREATED TOGETHER, THE TOUGH COOKIE WOULD CRUMBLE..."  P. Calhoun  speaks of a long time college friend:

"It's not the end of everything, but whatever happens next does not take the form of these goofy little bodies and personalities we're stuck with now. I don't thnk we'll come back to Earth; there are too many other interesting places to be. Why would you think that the best thing would be to come back here and be on Earth again? It's kind of like saying: I'm afraid to go up the block, afraid to leave the neighborhood."  speaking of Sandy who left Westword  {paper} to join Rocky Mountain Magazine then the Denver Post...John moved to NYC to head the National Civic League: Sandy worked for newsday ...then John moved the NCL to Denver. ...she started writing textbooks to stay home with her two daughters Chase and Katy.

The article explains in more detail how three were taken from Earth in an icey skid goin thru WY for the holidays...tragedy struck... but she writes on:

"The Universe is a perfect system from the smallest plants and animals to the structure of the Earth and the Solar System . . . Sandy said of death Everything that happens is part of that perfection. Like Einstein said, "God would not play dice with the world."     -

      Death is enormous, but it's possible to be comfortable with it."    her friend Jonathan imortalized in her writing of him that reminds us that life is fragile...so we should PAY ATTENTION to it.

      "The  day after the crash, as the news of the tragedy was streaking across the country. East High School students organized a candlelight vigil for Katy, a remembrance for Chase and her parents...There  was a full moon over Cheesman that night, and right by it, a bright star I'd never seen before!"

       It sparkled.

a memorial has been set up at http://johnsandychase.muchloved.com

Couldn't resist  passin this along...