Mr. Kane...R.I.P

I know this is my website where I write about my life, training, and diet tips for many fans and followers. That is not all that encompasses my life on a daily basis. There are trials and tribulations that I go through every day by myself or with others. I received a phone call from one of my best friends Kristine on Friday afternoon, she told me that one of our close friends and her best friend Trisha Kane's father passed away. I have known Trisha and her family since I was in the seventh grade and have continued to be friends with her ever since. I am not writing this blog in hopes that someone will publish it in the local papers like they did when my close friend JJ passed back in September, I'm writing this because I don't think that a local paper or an obituary on this man will hold justice to him, and all that have known him. Although, my story or memories of him I am sure will fall short describing what a great person Mr. Kane was to myself and many. When someone passes away in West Milford (the town I live in and grew up in) it's almost like a reunion no matter what grade you were in, older, younger, the town comes together and bond together for hard times. Don't believe me drive by Union Valley Road today by Richards Funeral home. That is where Mr. Kane's wake was and the lot was full from the time I arrived until the time I left and the line did not get any shorter, it grew longer and longer the more the minutes past. Mr. Kane was my gym teacher when I was in middle school, talk about a great guy, well that is an understatement for him. He was hands down the "cool teacher" in middle school. He was always playing in the games with us when we had gym, was at all the sport functions after school, and there were many times before the bell rang a bunch of the guys would try to wrestle him down in the gym (which by the way we always failed). He not only was a touch man on the outside, but a touch man on the inside. He was diagnosed with cancer almost 4 years ago and had 3 relapses of it. Talk about a man that wouldn't give up or take "no" for an answer, that was him. He beat it numerous times, and to many disbelieves that's not what took his life. He had a bad case of pnemonia which over took his body fast and he couldn't fight it off and it eventually took him from us on Friday April 17, 2009. Mr. Kane. You say that name around town and there is not one person that can't tell you a story about him, or how great of a man, father, and husband he was. You know what kind of person he was just by the pictures in the funeral home, NOT ONE picture was he not smiling in. Mr. Kane leaves behind many friends, and family, but one thing that will never be left behind were all the memories and journeys some of us had with him in our lives. There were only a few people in my life that stuck in my mind when I made the decision to want to become a teacher. Mr. Kane was hands down one of the tops on my list, he was the teacher you wanted to have, the coach you wanted to coach you, no matter the problem he was the teacher you could talk to, he was everything and anything you could ask in a teacher but more so a human being. Words can not describe his lost, but I'm sure he's in heaven enjoying a Budweiser I write this now. Anyone that knew Mr. Kane was a lucky person, because I don't think there's quite another person like him. Rest In Peace Mr. Kane, you will be forever missed, but never forgotten. God Bless and watch over us!

There is a poem that speaks of the line between the year of someones birth and the year that they pass,
There is no such little line between the years of him, only a mile long dash.
Guy