7/11: Memorium

Hi Friends:

Recently, I found out that an old boss of mine had passed away. I worked for him through graduate school, making copies, scanning documents, reading files for people. When you have a job like that—one with the high likelihood of becoming boring and monotonous—it’s the people you work for and with who make the difference. With Scott, it was always a good time.

Scott was not a Ward Cleaver, or a Rupert Murdoch, or Mr. Miyagi, though at times he displayed characteristics of all three, in addition to his own Scott-ness. He was always busy—he liked being a mover and shaker—and was kind of sarcastic, but would buy you lunch or dinner (though on the flip side, someone had given him a $10 iTunes gift card—roughly ten songs—and he used to play those same ten songs over and over again because he was too cheap to pay for music), and employed his mom and all his aunties to stuff envelopes and put labels on documents. He had a spiky, “wish I was a Korean soap star” hair cut and wore dry cleaned, pressed button-down shirts every day. He was understanding when I had a lot of homework. I don’t think I ever saw his feet, because he always wore dress shoes. He was very opinionated and loved his son very much.

Every day, we are surrounded by people and whether acquaintance, friend, or family member, we touch each other’s lives. We know different people at different parts in our lives, and they help us become the people we need to be and help us do the things we need to do. And we do the same for them. We connect. And when they’re gone, our job is to remember, even when—especially when it hurts. It’s so important to not forget.

So today, I just wanted to say that I remember him, and wanted to tell you guys a little bit about him. Please take care, and have a great week.  

-Meredith