Intro- Bob — Life and Death

(Further Parts to Follow:

Bob — Life and Death — a Parable of My Web of Life (or Lives) — Intro

(The Web of Lives will Continue — for How Long? I don’t know)

(This is a Beginning — I’m guessing there will be plenty of Parts in This Series)

I was slightly shocked, but not surprised to hear yesterday that Bob died a year and three days earlier.

I am writing this, as I do with all my writings — primarily for myself. Responses are welcome, but not necessarily expected.

I also want to appreciate an ally and friend I value deeply as I begin this writing! I will protect the identity here — and say — “This is To X”

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George Marx — My Paternal Grandfather — I was named after him

I met Bob at the Washington University- St. Louis Area — Men and Masculinity Conference, amidst the heavy humidity, during the Summer of 1985. He became what I considered my “best friend”, something I’d never had before. I was and am still in significant part — a loner — without — “a friend”.

Fortunately, today I am developing several most meaningful friendships, as well as many incredible, wonderful allies.

My pushing (in retrospect very wrong) my life partner towards our — “going west” — in May of 1989, around the time of my son’s second birthday, related…