A Toast to Barney

Today I learned that my good friend and mentor, Barney, passed away on December 24 from complications stemming from liver cancer. He had only been diagnosed in September.

I still remember the last words he said to me in person - it was the Friday before we were leaving Evansville to move to Illinois and he was dropping me off from a good-bye function. He said "Don't worry, Shirley, we will see each other again".

Here's to you, Barney - I WILL see you again, in Heaven.