(And the rest of the post is for Sklar, himself!)
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(Hey Sklar??? Think, "Timeless"! There are some sounds and lives NEVER lose their influence! Jeffrey was one such and is one such person!).

In my heart, I know we WILL see his face again.
Something tells me that we don't have much longer to wait.
He's hangin' out with God, and those of his family that are already absent from here.
THEY'LL ALL BE BACK. He's helping Gabe with warm-up.

Be patient, man!!! ;-))

Might I encourage you with the following (which I did not compose-but these words come from one of my favorite authors of all time some several years back. Dude LOST HIS HEAD for the way he thought-and for the people he hung out with! Gotta love THAT, anywho... PAUL SEZ:

"...Yet to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." (The apostle Paul).

Paul was right. THAT cat probably heard a Roman Soldier sharpening the axe. Crucified? He got outta that because he were a Roman citizen. So they lopped off his head. With countrymen like THAT? Who needs enemies! *ha ha*

Hey! ;-))
Just because my GRANDFATHER left me on 2/13/2007 ---does NOT mean his influence, or love, or Faith has gone from my life. Same with Grandma 12/18/2001.
SAME WITH JEFFREY. I can't question God's Time.
He INVENTED it! So, I can't be that dumb and ...well.

I do have question for God...but not any so far that he has NOT ANSWERED. I get "yeah", "No..." and "...you wanna wait on that?"

(EXAMPLE: June 07; some guy put the WRONG heads on a Gretsch Maple kit. I JUST tonight put Remo Weatherking where EQ1 tops used to live. NEXT MONTH will be a year I've waited...I was finally granted the $$$ to do this. God said, "not yet; live with it!" I was able to purchase new store-bought EYES AND my Remo set (10,12,14,16 and 22!) in the SAME MONTH....and I have $ left over. That ain't easy on my budget!).

*giggling*

Leland?
I humbly submit the following:

Carry Paul's words with you always. THEY ARE VALID, and TRUE. (Trust me...I missed a trip to the Terrace to bury my Grandpa!!) Hey, man. Meetya there someday okay? And before ya think that was the LEAST BIT MORBID...*I* am gonna be a little spoiled drummer girl and tell you that *I* got a **history lesson from your visit with Jeffrey! That sign??? SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!**

Now you SERIOUSLY got me wondering what Jeff's take on "Red Badge" was! If he was THAT into Civil War discussions and history-I KNOW he'd read Crane's book.
That's probably THE deepest read other than Lez Miz and the Bible that I've ever had my paws on. NO JOKE!
So I got a shot at a few of the painting there and the sign about the statue was a JOLT!

If your friend were physically still around to participate here? I'd be asking some Civil War questions of him---AND SPECIFICALLY about "Red Badge of Courage" and what his take on that was.

It's been years since I've read that. Never forgot it. That AIN'T one for faint-of-heart or weak of tummy. It's worse than "Lord of the Flies".

Love ya, Leland!
ROCK ON!
Theresa