Buck sat quietly for a bit, stirring the campfire back to life with the poker. Then he turned to the young man and began, “Son, knowin’ how to treat people ain’t rocket science. Only two things you need to know; If they’re strangers, treat ‘em like they was Jesus, like he says you should. Book of Matthew, if memory serves.
"If you do know them … especially if you love them”. As he looked back down, the fire reflected in his eyes, “if you love 'em, then every time you’re with ‘em, you’ve got to treat ‘em like it's the last time.”
He got up, and stepped away from the fire, then stopped with his back to the others, and added, "Cuz sure as hell, when you least expect it, you'll find out it was."
A man who lives near us and works at HP here in Vancouver unexpectedly lost his life yesterday. Greg Hampton was changing his wife’s tire on the side of the freeway, when a driver drifted onto the shoulder and struck him.
ReplyDeleteDespite the connections, I didn’t know him; but the many friends he had in the neighborhood and at work—as well as his family—have lost something irreplaceable.