Sunday, April 12, 2020
To My Good Friend, Ralph: I know that this posting is years late. You passed in December 2014, and now it is April 2020. Almost five and a half years later. We were great buddies in high school. We went to different colleges but we stayed in touch. For the first two college years, you at Adelphi and I at Saint John's, we still saw each other. But then "Life happened." Hanging out times became fewer and farther between. Eventually we lost contact. For some reason today, Easter Sunday 2020, I began to think about high school. I started googling on the internet to find you, never thinking that I would see your obituary...and from 2014, no less. I read all of the other tributes. I don't know what you had been going through, dear friend, but it seemed like you were in pain. I am sorry beyond words that I wasn't there. I don't what I could have done, if anything, but if I could have helped--even in a small way--you know that I would have. I never had the pleasure of meeting your sisters, but I remember your brother, Robert, and your brother-in-law, Doug, from Saint Pius X. I am sure that they must miss you. This is the year that the 1960 babies turn 60 years old. You would have been 60 last Monday, April 6. I will be 60 next month. I'll think of you of my birthday, and remember fondly our high school times together. Rest well, My Friend. Until we meet again..... Eddie Finan
