I was angered and saddened to learn of Randy Pausch's passing this morning in his Chesapeake home. Angered because it seems like God takes those who make such a positive impact on others when WE think they should stay. Randy has three small children and his wife is from Norfolk. I had written a card to him over vacation, but lost it at the cabin we stayed in. Just this morning, after reading his blog that he was in hospice, I put the family's address in my purse to send him a card. Then I read online that he had died.
It appears that Randy was a believer in Christ and for that I am so happy. I can't wait to meet him in heaven. He was able to have such a positive impact on people despite his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and prognosis of a short time to live on this earth. I know his wife and children are grieving in an unimaginable way today. While time lessens the pain, you never forget the love shared and the memories made. My husband, John, has been gone only a week and I've imagined what it must be like for a widow. There are things I wanted to talk to him about this week and he is unreachable in the backcountry of the North Carolina mountains. I will continue to pray for Randy's family - for healing, for comfort, for memories. And for his children to remember the man he was.
I bought The Last Lecture for my parents to read. I read through it and cried, of course. I encourage you to purchase this book. It's chock full of great lessons.
The full post of "The Last Lecture" lecture that Randy Pausch gave at Carnegie Mellon is at
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo. It's an hour long, but there are shorter posts of it on www.youtube.com. I encourage you to sit a spell and listen to it.
Anita
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