2008-05-16

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2008-05-16 09:21 pm

To A Person Who Changed My Life

On Tuesday, I went out to dinner with [livejournal.com profile] ultimabaka, and in the midst of your usual conversation, he passed on a bit of sad news that he'd gotten by way of a girl he knew when we were in high school. Mr. Lugo, Lugo 先生 to me forever and always, had had a heart attack and was in hospice care. It didn't really hit me then - I was upset, and wanted to know if there was anything I could do, but it still didn't really sink in. On Wednesday, an e-mail from Minh found it's way to me conveying the same information. I wrote to the original sender and asked to be kept informed. And today, Lugo-sensei died.
Mr. Lugo )
In the course of writing this, I wanted to show you all a picture Lugo sensei instead of my half-remembered description of him, a man I haven't seen since spring of 2000. With that in mind, I pulled down my year book to see if he was in there. He isn't. Instead, there's this. So instead of Mr. Lugo's portrait, I've got a doodled little demon, and simply the message, Claireさん がんばって EJ ルゴ. Just like him! To that I say, ルゴ先生!本当にどうもありがとございました。私はいつでも忘れません。忘れられません。

After I posted this, I sat down the year book determined that he had to be in there SOMEWHERE. I was right. Mr. Lugo, hiding in the picture of his homeroom.