Rich Platt Memorial

A memorial tribute to my longtime buddy, and best friend, Rich Platt, who passed away on June 4, 2013, after a 3 year battle with Pancreatic Cancer. I was blessed to have known him for some 27½ years - the most interesting person I have ever met. We all miss his out-going personality and great stories. A close friend told me, "If anyone met Rich and didn't like him; then there has to be something wrong with them!"
Through those 3 years he never looked ill until just 2 days before he passed away and during that time he only lost 5 lbs. Every morning he would remind himself of his motto: "Yeah, I could sit in a corner, crying and feeling sorry for myself; but God is going to look at me and say 'Look at him! I gave him a day to live, and what does he do with it? He wastes it feeling sorry for himself! Why should I bother giving him another day?' So I'm going to enjoy each day God gives me, and look forward to the next!"
God must love him a great deal to have been so kind to him; and the rest of us blessed to have known him.