I am going to the great parting today, one of my mighty men has passed on to his Father. There are very few great men in one’s life, those men who you meet and who change the direction of your life. In fact, he changed the direction of all of my family's lives. He is the artist who modeled what it meant to be an artist. 42 years ago, he was my art professor, but over my nine years in Art School, he became a man I wanted to be just like. It wasn’t that I wanted to model my life after him. I wanted to be just like him. He was the type of man, artist, Christian, man of God, I wanted to be just like. I have seven mighty men in my life of 68 years. He is number three. A mighty man has parted from earth, and all of earth is poorer, but I am richer. We were to meet a few months ago, and he had to cancel the day we were to meet. He texted me and closed with this, “I love you too, Aaron and Betty, and all the kids. Have a wonderful life. We will meet again.” Yes, Dr. Darrow. We will meet again. A mighty man has parted this earth.
The last time I saw him.
These are how I came to know him.
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