Reply #13: Thomas, my friend. [View All]

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

I know that with time and reflection, the grief you feel you will deal with in a constructive and positive manner. Right now, the wound is open, raw and running. It will heal over, scar up, but you will not forget it. But that is the appropriate and natural state for that wound right now and in the future.

Take what you feel and use it well. There are lessons beyond lessons in what he has left you. Be wise with them.

You are one of the old guys. The goats. You got some tadpoles, FNG's out there, coming your way, facing things they should never have had to face, stuff far beyond and far different from the lessons they learned with boots on the ground. It may be time to take some under your wing. Maybe help them to reclaim some of their youth.

In truth, nothing has really changed. Capisce? In a way, maybe Monkeyman left you one more mission. Or maybe not.