April 11, 2005

(REVISED) While we get on with our lives....

.....who knows what has happened to Keith's.

As each day passes and there is no news item about the search and recovery efforts, it's easy to forget that there may be someone in the deep beyond whose family and friends need to see him, just one last time.

So, until such a day comes, this blog will not post anything except it has to do with Keith. You may go to my other blog here, where I will post anything that I feel I must, that doesn't have to do with Keith.

On the first blog entry about Keith's disappearance, there are a couple of comments from other persons who knew him who visited the blog for the first time, so you can read what they have to say. One comment is from Keith's cousin.

Another is from his wife.

I couldn't tell you when is Keith's birthday, what size shoes he wears or what makes him laugh or cry, so in that sense, he's not a close friend. But as I have alluded to in other blog entries, his personality was so engaging that you would want to be associated with him.

I was trying to find online, the article in today (Saturday's) Gleaner, where his sister talks about him, and how he was always into trying new things, and also one of his employees in the dental practice talks about how he treated everybody like family. She had been with him for about 16 years I think it was, if I can recall correctly.

So you see the kind of person I'm talking about.

Somehow he struck me as a kind of pragmatic guy, so he would have known the risks associated with going up in airplanes, whether he was the pilot or not. Hopefully, that would have made him prepare differently on Monday morning.

He seemed to have had a reach into many parts of society through Catholicsm (I'm sure that's spelt wrong), Freemasonry, Army Reserves, Rifle Association (he is President), Dentistry (he studied in Cuba), and I'm sure a whole lotta things that I wouldn't know about.

So when you hear that he was large, it's both in outlook on life, and in size (strongly built man).

And always smiling and laughing.

Posted by yamfoot at April 11, 2005 11:58 PM
Comments

Been looking out and asking if anything new each day myself....sadly, since we heard that a wheel and seat from the aircraft was found...nutten more. Makes it seem most unlikely that he will be found alive...if at all. I understand your feelings here.

Spoke with someone about it at work yesterday....person knows the family....he said to me that in a way, it is better than him having been murdered by some gunman for no good reason....I had to agree.

Unfortunately Mich, we know not what life has in store for us. Hence the reason to live it well. If anything, he was doing something that he wished to accomplish.

I'm still listening out though....as I am sure his family is....with some sense of hope....

Posted by: Dr. D. at April 10, 2005 11:32 AM

Dear Dawn i cant put into words what you are going through at the tragic lost of your dearly beloved husband Keith, i cannot beleived that we will not see keith again i cant forget the nice barbicue he made when i was in canada.i love you god bless ses you soon.One Love.auntie olive

Posted by: Auntie Olive at April 18, 2005 02:52 PM