If your life is the ship you sail…

…then your family and friends are your crew. On board the good ship BUD (my father), the sunsets were admired, the music was classical, and we, his crew, were lucky. Of course, there were a few savage storms, but he trusted that on the other side of each, the horizon would call and smooth sailing would welcome him. He wished his adventure to never end, but after 99 years, late on April 21, the tiller and sheet beyond his strength, he finally had to let go of living.

Bravo and bon voyage, Bud! Thank you.