River Bank

River Bank is next!  The best way to experience River Bank yourself is to view a small piece of his charm, wisdom, and deep abilities to love.  He wrote this passage to us after a moment's thought.  The passage reads like poetry to us...

"Try this, you're being swept down the fast moving river of life.  If you look to the river bank, you'll see me running adjacent to you.  I cannot swim, nor can I speak to tell you what to do.  But the river is not deep, your feet touch the bottom, you cannot go under.  Ahead, round the next bend, or the next, somewhere, there will be a deep quiet pool.  It is there I shall be waiting to take hold of your hand.  I cannot lift you free of the water because I am too weak, and because your burden is great, but I shall hold onto you ever so tightly, never allowing you to go under, til the waters recede, and you are able to stand, safely.  Near as I can tell, from this distance, you're doin' fine, dear heart!"

We met River Bank almost two months ago at a picnic table near where some of our on-line grief group had gathered.  We had lost our parent figures and River Bank had lost his wife, may she rest in peace.  We figured that River Bank was missing her terribly. 

As he expressed himself, we couldn't help but notice his fullness of life, his depth of sensitivity, and his inspired intelligence.  Just awestruck we were!  Hehehe ... I think it took him a few moments to notice us.  As each of the others faded away, he slowed down to realize we were the one still listening as if glued.  <Grin>  He can really talk!  But, his exuberance propels naturally from his heart. 

River Bank lives hundreds and hundreds of miles away, but we feel each new day as if the the outstreched hand from the river's bank is never far of reach ... certainly no more than a few carefully placed keystrokes ... Where Gentle Brook ends our day, River Bank begins the next!