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Jerry

Mar 25th, 2011
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  1. Jerome Corrigan saved my life. I mean this literally; without him I'd be dead. Saving lives was something he had dedicated his life to, and I wish I knew more about him before he died.
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  3. He saved my dad's life too. I don't know the whole story behind that. All I know is that Jerry would find rock-bottom alcoholics and turn their lives around, with limited success. This is my best guess. Well, even aside from that, Jerry was the nicest person I've ever known. He would always give things to people, including me. I was so young when this was going on that I couldn't appreciate it, so I took it for granted. I came to expect nice little free things upon meeting him. Babysitting for me because my dad couldn't afford to hire someone, Jerry would always take me to the McDonald's, where I would enjoy the toy architecture. And most any childhood relic of mine is something Jerry just gave me.
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  5. I didn't deserve any of it. It must have taken the most resolute will ever to put up with me. I don't have the room or the wherewithal for detail, so let the previous suffice. It had been a while since I'd seen Jerry when I got the news that he had cancer. I knew this was a terrible thing, but I could not grasp the enormity until I saw him, bedridden and incoherent. It was terrible. When he saw me, he said, "I got something for you," as had become his catchphrase, and reached over to the nearby nightstand. There was nothing on the nightstand. Giving was so much in his system that he tried to give me something that didn't exist... That was the last time I ever saw him. Now, I waited until I was alone and in my room, but that night I cried like no one ever has. I had suddenly realized what this person meant to me, how I took him for granted, and how I could never say sorry or goodbye.
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  7. Jerry requested a Mass instead of a funeral. Hundreds of people showed up, and I'm sure every single one of them was better for his existence. They say cancer always takes the nice ones. I think people just notice more when it does. Now, though, the only apology I have is to try and be the best person I can be and to try not to waste the life he has given me.
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