OK, I think I’m better now. I found out that a colleague and member of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbus, GA, Chris Rohrs, just died this morning at home. He’s responsible for letting me create their website in the first place.

He last sent me a message last night, for me to post John Nix’s writeup of the history of UUFC on the site, and I spent much of last night doing that plus other things on the site. From what I was told, he didn’t go to service yesterday (I didn’t go due to base access issues). I’ve called his spouse, Nikki, to offer my condolences.

I’m amazed by this incident, its timing and how much of a blow it was to me emotionally upon reading the email sent out tonight. I am glad that we met, that he frequently and publicly congratulated me on my #WebDesign work, and that he offered a bit of his own life experience to me when he felt like it.

He was also familiar with old-school science fiction works, like those of Terry Pratchett and #LarryNiven; he explained #Ringworld to me, which was a first for me. He was brutally honest to a T, an aspect which I noticed he applied to everyone, no exceptions. He didn’t hold back. And he looked forward to our youth and young adult group – which I found out will be renamed to “Torch” – changing the atmosphere in the UUFC. So we will. And we won’t hold back. Especially not me.