Enjoy Every Sandwich

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Warren Zevon will finally find a place at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

His music is good, but he also appeared on Letterman after getting his cancer diagnosis and he reminded everyone to appreciate life, and to enjoy every sandwich.

I heard about Zevon making it into the hall just before I headed into a wake for another safety guy who’d I’d known for 25+ years.

That’s the lousy thing about living a while - you say goodbye to people.

The service was wonderful as ‘Amazing Grace’, ‘Ave Maria’ and ‘How Great Thou Art’ were sung to perfection.

My friend was a safety guy who liked to golf, had pasta every Sunday (he made the sauce), had the same birthday as me, and - get this - had a son he named ‘Salvatore’ who they call ‘Sam.’

Yeah.

It was the closest I’ll ever be to hearing people talk about me at my own funeral!

The thing that got to me were the photos.

Decades passed in mere minutes, as we all saw him from the cradle to the grave.

The photos flew on by…

…and so did the days of his life.

Coincidentally, he and I had shared a few sandwiches at lunch.

I enjoyed those.

And as it goes with all friendships…

…they’re easy, and we don’t have near enough time to enjoy them as often as we’d like.

My friend died suddenly, and I found myself thinking that we should’ve had another sandwich or too.

Also, it was weird to go to a funeral service in between work assignments.

Visited a job.

Went to the service.

Went back out…

…‘Amazing Grace’ still ringing in my ears.

RIP Safety Sal.

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