Man I'm going to miss Todd. He was great. He was this huge guy with a keen mind. He never shied away from a debate and he never tired of explaining the truth. I knew him from A&M. I think I met him through Nathan M., another St. Mary's guy whom I esteem greatly. But the best thing about Fr. Todd was that he blogged. He blogged like crazy. He knew that he had a life that others were interested in and that he had the opportunity to share. He actually started blogging before there were blogs, founding the aggiesaway website. After that, he went away to seminary and finally on to Rome where he started blogging. Getting ordained forced him to change the domain name to Fr. Todd dot com. I got the email last night about his death and read it this morning. Fr. Todd didn't get the chance to keep up with all of his friends from college or from Rome, most of that was our fault (it was certainly a fault of mine), but through a blog he enabled us to all keep up with him. He was more than just some guy I remember from college who got ordained (I know some of those). He was still in our conscious mind, still sharing his vital life. Really going to miss him.
Kim, my wife, noted that she feels like Satan is up to something. We've got one friend who's encountered a recent brain anurysm and now is having heart problems in the hospital. Another in the hospital with doctors scratching their heads about why she won't wake up. And then Fr. Todd dies. I told her that there is one crucial difference. Our friends are sick, they are hurt, their families are a mess, but Fr. Todd is home. It's where he always wanted to be.
More comments at Todd's blog, at Marcel's blog, and a nice memoriam at aggiesaway.
3 comments:
Bull - I miss him already too. I stumbled on your blog because of all of this. I hope all is well in your world. We are about to move back to BCS from Lubbock. I have been the Director of Campus Ministry here for four years and am going to be the new Asst. Director at St. Mary's. If we weren't about to move I would try and make the funeral, but it is just too hard right now.
Peace.
I understand. Kim (Woodul) and I had to think for a bit to see if we would all go. We've got five kids now, the youngest at 8 months, so it would be a huge undertaking for all of us to go down. It'll just be me. Congratulations on the new job at St. Mary's. I hope that's all of the dream job that it sounds to be.
Bull - well, it looks like I am actually going to be there. I am coming in with Greg Ramzinski, who lives in Lubbock as well. Just like you the whole family can't make it (we have 4 kids), but Greg and I decided we have to go. See you there.
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