Tuesday, February 18, 2020
We've relished multiple-bonds with Bob and Louise, first John with Bob at Holy Cross and Mary with Louise at Newton College of the Sacred Heart, then each of us independently with Bob and Louise as a couple - then (after matchmaker Louise introduced us to one another in 1981 at Bob's and John's 15th Holy Cross Reunion) ourselves as a couple, and our kids from first marriages, with Bob and Louise and Christopher and Alex - and finally, after Louise's passing, the two of us meeting Bob for lunch or dinner a couple times a year, reminiscing about all the preceding. We're missing the service, away at a family reunion in Maryland. We had made plans with Bob to meet for lunch after we returned. Then the sudden sad news. Random memories of Bob - his penchant for singing the Bee Gees song "Words" - Bob, ever "the pondering thinker," wading deep in reflection, and meeting with, in his words, "paralysis analysis" - Bob's original brand of rap, before there was rap. We cherish our loving memories of Bob, and Louise. Mary and John Neale
