Off to NY to say goodbye to a legend... my other dad... Don Poole

 


So crazy, I didn't even know half of this stuff.  There was no option BUT to fly home.  Gotta be standing there, even if in a corner for my Pookie Bear. 

Don, you were so much to me, for so many years. I cannot imagine a world without you in it.  Godspeed, and I know I'll see you again someday. I love you!!

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