(Submitted by Friend of the Blog, Brian Hart.)
Late last night, I heard that a friend, Eric Broze, had died. I got onto the social media and shared my sorrow with my friends who knew Eric and his lovely wife, and now, sadly, widow, Rose Schwartz.
As an Atheist, I think he is gone forever, his light gone out and will not be rekindled. It was nice to swap stories and reminisce about this good guy gone way too soon.
This morning, as I was cleaning up my office, I decided to listen to an episode of the podcast Ardent Atheist. I wasn’t paying much attention as I chose an older show at random, I probably have about 15 backlogged shows that I have not yet heard. I clicked on show # 133, from about 4 months ago and began to clean. The hosts, Emery Emery and Heather Henderson announced that week’s guests, among them Eric Broze and Rose Schwartz.
If I were a religious man, I might think that this was Eric’s method of contacting me from the “Other Side”. However, from my point of view, this is simply a coincidence, and it WAS nice to hear Eric’s voice once more.
My condolences to Rose, and goodbye to Eric.
[Editor: Thanks to Brian for this kind tribute to our dear friend. – Wendy]
