Dallas

I heard sad news yesterday.
Dallas, a resident of my littlc community fell on the ice and broke his hip. He did not survive the surgery. I was stunned by the news. Dallas has always been here. His story is a tragic one. When he was a young man he was brutally beaten and left for dead. He carried many physical burdens. He walked with a cane. He lived with a brain injury. He had one lung that worked. He survived a battle with cancer. But, every day he got up and walked the streets and gathered bottles. That was his job and his contribution. Every day he walked by our house and we greeted him and he lifted his cane and and waived back. His other hand full of bottles. We left our bottles for Dallas all the time. Others did too. Everyone knew him. He was an icon of "keep on keeping on". That you never give up and you fight the fight. He was inspiration to me every time I saw him. We will miss him.

May he rest in peace.