As I write this I have just returned from Nashville and Greenville Tennessee. This is the area my wife and her family are from and Nashville is where I met and married Michelle. The reason we went was not the one we desired, Michelle's brother Eddie passed away at the young age of 43 and Michelle was asked to perform the service.
Eddie was a quiet unassuming young man who lived alone in Greenville in the house his grand father had been born in and that his great grand mother lived in until she passed away. Eddie was a young man of genius level intelligence, at times if your were not on your toes it could be difficult to hold a conversation, I am thankful that in the conversations we had sports were the main topic and I could hold my own. Eddie spent much of his time online with people from around the world discussing politics and happenings in the world, he also enjoyed discussing the various ways the universe could end with his father Gene "four biscuits" Cogburn. In short Eddie was a young man who had a very simple approach to life and to the best of my knowledge lived his life to the fullest extent he desired.
There was a bit of apprehension on my part as we approached Greenville Michelle's father was going to be present whom I had never met before, as we entered the house where we were to meet the family at, a quiet unassuming man stood and faced us and I heard Michelle say "Hi Daddy" they hugged each other and I heard him say "I love you" it was my turn I did not know rather to high five, shake hands or say "whats up?" before I could do anything he simply opened his arms and hugged me and said "Hi Philip, I love you" Need less to say over the next two days I got to know my father in law Gene Cogburn a lot better and I can say with no hesitation I love this man. It's funny we went there because our brother had died and in the end life was the result, the life of new relationships and the rekindling of old ones. Eddie you will be sorely missed, and I will try to keep a handle on Gene so I better start brushing up on my philosophy huh? Love you buddy.
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Eddie and I conversed frequently about the possibility of the end of time as we know it. Our central reference point was a astronomical physicist named Brandon Carter. Carter developed a principle that said, and I paraphrase, that the closer we get to the end of time, the more ways we understand how our earth and its civilizations can be destroyed. We did not completely understand or comprehend what Carter was stating, and as a result we did not totally believe. Nonetheless, we joined groups that were counting the various ways of destruction. We had quite a list.
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