A soul isn’t something a person is born with, but something that must be built by effort and error, study and love. You did that with more dedication than most, that work of building a soul, a soul not for your own benefit but for the benefit of those that knew and loved you. This is why your passing is hard for us. It’s hard to accept that a soul like yours, which took a lifetime to build, could cease to exists. But of course your soul does exist, because you left it to us unreservedly. It exists in your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and for that we thank you. Thank you for making me the man I am today xx