I realize that most of you now know that Rod left his earthly pains behind today and became one with everything. I am glad that he left and that we had the opportunity to be with him and love him and sing to him. He left peacefully. He has been my dear friend for most of my life and I miss him terribly already. As he has been slipping away from me it has been difficult to watch and to be present with how that looked and felt. But I knew that I would be sad to lose that Rod too. In some weird way I will miss the struggle of it and the 3AM or 6AM or 11PM when he thought it was 11AM and was mad because I wasnt there phone calls as his confusion grew and he knew it was happening. I will just miss knowing that he is still on the planet to make sure that I am following in his footsteps in the way that he expected me to. I am not filling his shoes, as that phrase goes, that cant be done, not with anyone in my opinion but in particular not with Rod Kennedy. But following I am doing my best. I am very different than Rod and certainly have done some things differently, but he came to accept that and even appreciate it, particularly my onstage presence as that was so much a part of who he was. I have found a great deal of enjoyment in that part and he honored that for me. I adored Rod Kennedy and will until the day that I take flight from this earth. And I know he will be waiting to see me again. Love, Dalis. We will begin the official celebrations with a service, at his request, at Grimes Funeral Home in Kerrville at 2PM on Saturday April 26 (skipping Easter weekend). The gathering will move to a location as yet to be determined, possibly Quiet Valley. I just havent gotten that far yet.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 04:48:03 +0000
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