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Ride Day 4 - AIDS Lifecycle - June 4, 2012 - Dedicated to "Rod"
On June 4th, we will be riding from Santa Cruz to King City. This will
be a long route day of 109.2 miles. This will be my longest stretch
ever and will top the 107 miles on Day 1 of the AV200. I plan to ride
for Rod on this day, and his sponsor is a dear friend from Saint Mark.
My friend's introduction to Rod: Rod was a long time neighbor and
close friend when I lived in Virginia Highland. He lived for many years
with HIV. He was the Personnel Director at an Atlanta hospital. He
was probably the most talented person I have ever known. He was truly
the Renaissance Man. He could cook, garden, decorate houses, play the
piano, sing, arrange flowers, be a father, build things, had excellent
taste in everything, host won
derful
parties, was a good friend to many people, a good son and brother to his
family. He and his partner moved to New York City where he renovated a
beautiful home in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood on West
46th Street. They were gracious hosts when friends and family visited NYC.
He was a soloist in churches and the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus, he has a
beautiful daughter, Rachel, and I'll never forget his Amaretto
cheesecake. He was born in January 1950. He was 53, I think, when he
died in NYC. He died much too
young. He will always be missed by
many people. He would be a friend to you and you would love him as so
many did. He lived his life to the fullest. Thanks for honoring him
this way.
In all of these stories, it's always the little
traits that we think aren't important that are remembered - meaning, of
course, that our "little things" are huge. During this route, we will
have a chance to stop by the Soledad Mission where we can reflect on The
Ride’s purpose and sign their altar cloth. There's also something
about a Cookie Lady - perhaps the closest I can get to amaretto
cheesecake. Seems like a fitting date to raise a glass in honor of Rod.
I hope maybe we all can share a meal with someone we admire on Monday -
a community toast to Rod!
46th Street. They were gracious hosts when friends and family visited NYC.
He was a soloist in churches and the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus, he has a beautiful daughter, Rachel, and I'll never forget his Amaretto cheesecake. He was born in January 1950. He was 53, I think, when he died in NYC. He died much too
young. He will always be missed by many people. He would be a friend to you and you would love him as so many did. He lived his life to the fullest. Thanks for honoring him this way.
In all of these stories, it's always the little traits that we think aren't important that are remembered - meaning, of course, that our "little things" are huge. During this route, we will have a chance to stop by the Soledad Mission where we can reflect on The Ride’s purpose and sign their altar cloth. There's also something about a Cookie Lady - perhaps the closest I can get to amaretto cheesecake. Seems like a fitting date to raise a glass in honor of Rod. I hope maybe we all can share a meal with someone we admire on Monday - a community toast to Rod!
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