An unbelievable coincidence and a touching gesture

[Al C.risafulli]

I just thought I'd tell you guys about something really cool that happened this week.

My fraternal side of the family is not one I'm particularly close with. I don't speak with many of them, and so those that I was truly close with, or truly enjoyed, have kinda gotten lost over time.

One of them was my grandfather, who passed away when I was a little boy.

So about two weeks ago, Net54 member Kevin Cummings sent me a PM through Net54. Turns out that Kevin was visiting his father who is buried in the cemetery where my grandfather is buried, and the grave next to his father's had the name Crisafulli on it.

So Kevin asked if I knew anyone buried at the cemetery. I told him that my grandfather was buried there, but that I hadn't been there since I was a boy. I was unaware of whether my grandmother was buried with him, since I was not there when she passed.

A few minutes ago I got an email from Kevin. Turns out that he went back to the cemetery today, and took a camera phone picture of my grandparents' grave, and emailed it to me.

My grandfather was a great musician and an even better man, and I haven't seen his grave since I was a little boy. I just thought it was an unbelievable coincidence that Kevin would even notice the grave marker (much less have it so close in proximity to one of his loved ones), and a really considerate thing for him to do, to go out of his way to take the picture and send it to me.

Just a cool gesture around the holidays, a reminder that good things come from this board, and I wanted to thank him publicly for making my whole weekend.

And it's only 8:15 on Friday night.

Thanks, Kevin!

-Al