06/20/2022
I'm honored to be in a position to tell the story of this magical human, through the things he touched and worked discreetly to grow and flourish, but attempting to encompass admiration and respect in consonants and vowels followed by curt and strategic punctuation... Well, that is my personal Goliath.
Where does one go with these accolades and on whose eyes will they land? If I tell you that I recall this individual often and with a superior measure of fondness and admiration, will you then understand the depth of our collective despair and be motivated to move confidently in the direction of generosity and service in his memory? I can be certain of nothing but of this I am confident...
Our salvation is not guaranteed or measured by our works, but if the legacy we leave is evergreen and our fulfilled commitments continue to reach, multiply and manifest, for the better and the good of all mankind... then he will never be lost or forgotten. And we, the survivors of that grief, are at once quieted; settled by the promise of life everlasting, left to us by the spirit that is within the work, placed there by the servant. His name was Esteban. We called him Stevie.
