R.I.P my Friend.

Well I sit here tonight dumbfounded.. I received a call from my Dad in Australia, informing me an old buddy had been killed in a plane crash.  Eddie was the pilot, and he left behind a wife and 2 beautiful little girls.

I am really lost for words, as obviously I hadnt seen Eddie for about 10yrs, but had conversed online every now and then, and every time we did it was like teh last day we had seen each other.. nothing had changed.. well not much..  We had both grown older, married, had kids and gotten fatter... so a few things had changed.

I met Eddie through his sister Evelyn.  She was attending Bond University (where I met my wife) and Eddie had come to Sydney to study aviation.  We got to know each other when he came to visit Evelyn one weekend and we hung out.  Then he came back a month later and stayed like 2 weeks at our house... well it was my Sisters house, but they took us in.  Eddie and my brother in-law would joke back and forth about each others noses and other physical things...  My sister's jaw dropped when on the first night of meeting Eddie, she informed him that his room was downstairs, then Eddie proceeeded to stand up and say in an old southern negro voice...

"Yes Master, thank you kindly Massssssssster, You sure treat this boy nice Maaster... "!!

I have quite a few great stories about Eddie... in such a small amount of time spent with him...

Probably one of the top 3 fighting the Circumcision story for 2nd place is the time we were at Pacific Fair Shopping Center.  We were there a little after the retail stores had closed.  Mike Klease, Eddie and myself were walking past the stores when I spotted an empty shopping cart... So we dared Eddie to jump in... (being new to being in Australia like 2mths) we were always getting him to do things or telling him freaky things to watch out for...  Anyways, he got in teh cart and we were pushing him along when this elderly couple stopped to stare at us... when I looked at them and said...

"Hey these N**** are on sale... right down there.. You best be getting there before they are all sold out!"

Needless to say Eddie laughed so hard that the old couple's jaws hit the ground and they walked off really quick.. where he proceeded to yell.. please Mister..hurry so they dont sell my sisters!!! or something... ha ha h

Eddie I will miss you my friend.  I look forward to the day that we meet again.  My heart and prayers go out to your family.