Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist
Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Md Troopers Assoc #20 & Westminster Md Fire Dept Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Saturday, March 22, 2014

For Anyone Who's Ever Had To Say Goodbye To A Common And Extraordinary Man - Trending Now on Patch - Skokie, IL Patch

For Anyone Who's Ever Had To Say Goodbye To A Common And Extraordinary Man - Trending Now on Patch - Skokie, IL Patch:

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By Mandy Meisner I say goodbye to someone special.
I wrote this eulogy for my grandfather.  He was 85 when he died, in general good health, sitting at his kitchen counter reading the mail. His last few years were spent taking care of his wife who is living with Alzheimer's. 
Brian Gilson had been part of my life for as long I've lived.  From the day I came home through having children of my own, he had always been there.  But the truth is, I hardly knew him. He lived a long time and was many things to many people, I was privy to knowing only a slice of what would make up his life, one version in a long evolution.
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