June 2, 2009 @ 15:58
It was five years ago today that we got the call. My wife came into the back yard in tears with the horrible news that our friend Jeff had died.
It didn't register for a moment. When Delyse first said Jeff Laird my mind immediately jumped to his father Doug. Doug Laird died.
That was much more conceivable, after all he was in his 70s. Healthy people often die in their 70's, I could get my mind around this.
But then she said it again. Jeff had died. Jeff Laird my good trailer buddy. He was only 41 years old.
Jeff is probably the most generous person I've ever known. This guy would do anything for you anytime anywhere.
He also had connections - and those connections worked the benefit of everyone. If you needed something, Jeff could get it and if there was any way he could swing it, you could keep your wallet in your pocket. He was that kind of person. He got great pleasure from doing for others.
I sit here this morning blown away by how quickly five years has passed - and how time can let memories slip away.
For the first few months after Jeff died, I'd think about him often and get mad at what happened. 41 year old guys shouldn't die of heart attacks - if there's a god, how could he do this to someone who was so kind and generous, someone with a wife and young son.
But as time passes you think about it less - and eventually you hardly think about it all and that's simply not fair to someone like Jeff Laird. He was much too special to be forgotten.
And that's why I write about him today. Jeff wasn't a celebrity, in fact he didn't like attention at all, but I didn't want today to pass without acknowledging this guy in some way.
It's only my goofy little website - and most of the readers of this site never got the pleasure of meeting Jeff Laird - but at least the site allows me to put Jeff's name out there.
It allows me to make sure that on this fifth anniversary of his death, he is remembered.
He will not be forgotten.
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