As the year ends, I've been reviewing events of 2011 that moved me, and one was the death of Derek K. Miller, and his "Last Post."
I don't want to say much, because there are plenty of folks in EAC, and in particular EAC-BC, who knew Derek way better than I had the chance to. I heard him speak several times, and I followed his powerful blog, but we didn't have a personal relationship.
Derek's Last Post bears reading again, for it stares death, and life, in the face.
http://www.penmachine.com/2011/05/the-last-post
It's also a reality check. Are we spending the precious moments of our lives following our passions, and contributing as best we can to positive change in our world?
UPDATE: Dawn, another EAC member and editor, remembers this post as particularly moving:
Posted by Paul at December 28, 2011 08:06 PMFor me, the post I most remember is Endgame
(http://www.penmachine.com/2010/11/endgame).
I never met Derek in person, just in emails and on his blog.
But his writing and his story really affected me.