a man and his dog

Ben is dead and I want the world to stop. Ben walked his dog Friday night. He was crossing the street. A driver who may have been drunk honked but didn't stop, didn't slow down enough, hit Ben, hit the dog. Theo was killed instantly. Ben survived long enough to go to the hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Ben had a beautiful bass voice and a wide-reaching circle of family and friends. He worked for the Canadian AIDS society, sang with two groups, and loved dogs, especially Theo.

When someone dies, you want the world to stop, can't believe that it's still the first day of spring and the sun still rises. You can't believe that people are still laughing and yet at this time, more than any other, you, too need to laugh, need to feel spring, need to see the sun on the horizon. At this time above all others, you need hope...and it's always there.

may I find it soon; may it ever be so.