I was really shocked to hear the news of Brian's passing into the next world. I don't really know what to say that would be able to fully capture everything that he meant to me and my wife.
I just got off of the phone with Jane and spoke with her for about a half an hour. She sounds like she is doing okay given the situation, but it is hard for her. She is surrounded by her children to help her through this time. Her second question was if anyone told CigarPass, as she knows how alot of guys on here meant alot to him. I assured her that we are sending our thoughts and prayers for her, and knows if she needed anything that we would take care of it.
I'm still in shock. Part of me wants to celebrate Brian, but I have to mourn the loss of a wise man and a close friend. As a ritual, I would meet him at his house many mornings for a cigar, a hot cup of coffee, and the company of his lovely wife Jane. I used to jokingly call him, "The Wise Man on the Mountain," and he would call himself my "Personal Psychiatrist," because he always had a good morsel of wisdom to give to me when I visited him.
Whenever I went to his home, it was never to just "share a cigar" with a good friend. Whenever I went to Brian's house, I always walked away with "life truths" he would take the time to impart to me, and be sure I understood them. He always told me that we are powerful beings, and no matter what life threw at us, we had the wherewithal within us to unlock our potential to deal with it...it was solely up to ourselves as to which road we chose.
Brian was always about living life to the fullest, never going to bed angry at a loved one, and smoking your best cigars because, well, as he always told me, "Life is a gift Jonathan, don't forsake it..."
In Memory of Brian W.
Is there any kind of donation fund we are going to raise to his family, as his wife was also involved with CP by hosting many a member?
Let us know!
I won't speak for Jane and their family, but like Jfields said, it would be
more beneficial to send money to MDS research. Brian is a very private man, and Jane knows where alot of his CP Brethren stand. That said, it's a nice thought and all Holyvision, but donate to MDS research if you feel inclined to do so, and DO IT. Jane was adamant that she is going to handle Brian's passing within her family.
