Marilyn 27th April 2024

My heart is broken with the passing of David - my BFF these past few years. I am so fortunate to have met David as a fellow volunteer at GKTW, and we developed a special friendship over the years. So many memories of him AND his family - both in the US as well as the UK - and with him knowing my family here in the US, especially those holiday dinners we shared, crazy games (with prizes of course) afterward - David loved that !!. After many requests for me to visit his beautiful UK, he finally talked me into it in the summer of 2022, and I was so fortunate to spend many weeks there touring with my very special native tour guide; and I am saddened that what was to be an annual event ended after only two summers over there, but I am eternally grateful to David for even that. I am so glad to have met his kids, grandkids, many cousins, and to have experienced the many palaces, cathedrals, tourist scenes, trains, planes, double-decker buses. We spent much time at his home here in Florida, where he loved cooking for us, walks around the neighborhood, sunbathing, gathering “lost” golf balls at the adjoining golf course, making beaded bracelets for the kids at the Village, playing cards, watching golf and soccer on TV, and finishing the evening with the inevitable cup of ice cream !! I am grateful for having had the honor of loving David, and being loved by David. David, I will never forget you, will never forget our memories. Hopefully the sadness will ease, but right now the tears still keep coming.