Rob's Life

Right before I go to sleep my mind usually shuffles information around and I get a string of data (Can you tell I work with computers too much?) and occasionally something will pop up that I hadn't thought about for years. Well, the other night it was a memory of Rob. I tried to google for info so I could be accurate with names & dates but I didn't find any information, which is a shame because Rob really had an impact on my life.

It was over a decade ago when I met him at lecture on campus. He, along with others were telling how living with AIDS had affected their lives. They all had interesting stories, but Rob stuck out because he had an amazing personality. His outlook on life was so much better than my own and I wasn't living with what he had to go through every day. Even though his life was going through such chaos, he had a real calmness about him. I admit the reason I attended the first lecture was extra credit for one of my classes, but it was such an interesting topic that I ended up going to any of them I could attend.

About the same time or perhaps it was a couple months later, a local news cast decided to run a segment on their news channel called, Rob's Life. I think it was WHBF 4, but I'm not positive. They followed him around and recorded points of interest up until the day he passed away. I remember feeling a deep loss when I heard that he had passed away because the Aids project would be losing such a great voice.

So many years later, he pops into my brain but I don't feel sadness. It was a welcome memory that reminded me of an amazing character that I met in my life. Strange how that happens when I happen to be bogged down by stressful, but ultimately unimportant information.