In memory of...

Stanman,
Fan-man,
Son of a van-man,
Odd little tran-man,

Whatever else you were, you were one of us:

A child of the universe,
A child of creation,
A child of the creator,
Therefore lovable,
Therefore loved.

I wish I had cared more when it might have made difference
I wish I had let you know you mattered,
You touched us,
You belonged.

“I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.”

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."

Stanman, fan-man, funny little tran-man,

I am less because you are no more.