Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Turns out the funeral is tomorrow, and that there's a memorial service sometime on Sunday. I've booked off work for tomorrow, I know I won't be in good shape after the service. Not really feeling in the best shape now, as I write this. Crap. Erika will be playing her trumpet at the service.
For friends of Toby who are looking for more information about the service, it can be found in his all-to-brief Globe & Mail obituary. There'll be a memorial service sometime on Sunday, and I plan on going to that too.
Toby's bucket-o-brains Web site is still there, though there's little to show other than the silly Flash animation I made for him ages ago that he really enjoyed, and the links to the "S" Web site. I remember when I took the picture that appears in the Flash animation that Toby wasn't doing so well anymore, and I think it was the first time that that really sunk in.
On what I guess was his last visit to our house for a dinner earlier in the year, I remember Toby reading a bedtime story to Vanessa. He let the actor in him take over and he did a completely over-the-top reading, which had Vanessa captivated and in stitches. The next morning Vanessa asked me if Toby was coming back and could he read her a story again, and I assured her that he would.
But there are to be no more stories from Toby.
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
