it's hard to watch a friend or family member approach death under any circumstances, but ed showed us that it is possible to live exceedingly well to the very end...
i have never seen (ok, read) a more inspiring drama unfold in real time, so to speak...
i smiled with ed when he chatted up those pretty danish girls in the bar...
i laughed with ed when he described some of his adventures over there...
i sometimes stood in awe of ed, the things he said and did in his final journey have touched so many of us in ways that we could never have imagined...
and tonight, i cry with tears of joy, although muted with grief, in appreciation of ed's life and his awesome gifts to those of us he loved, from all over the planet, and from all over that other (bigger) planet as well...
here's to a life well-lived, my friend, rip...
