Rodney K. Wood - Goodbye, my friend

I always got strength just from knowing that you were out there. I am glad that you are finally at peace wherever you are. Thank you for befriending me in that sunny hallway in Topliff Hall, on that fall day of the first football game of our freshman year. The world seemed full of nothing but beauty, light, and possibility, for the first time in my life. Everyone else had gone back to the game after gathering around a keg in that hallway during halftime, but you and I remained, alone and joyful together, both realizing we had found that rarest of gifts, a friend for life, and beyond. I'll rejoin you soon, my friend, wherever you are!