Apr 17, 2009

Bossy’s Favorite Things.

These hopeful spring blooms live on a tree directly in front of a neighborhood post office — and that neighborhood post office lives on a street in the epicenter of town. Inside that neighborhood post office worked a man who may well have been the heart of Bossy’s small town. Funny, kind, informative, he knew every face and spread a generosity of spirit through sweet clear eyes.

Yesterday he collapsed while working and didn’t pull through. Alex, you were a Bossy favorite, you were a neighborhood favorite, and Bossy wants Alex’s loved ones to know how much Alex’s time spent working, away from home, was cherished by all.

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24 comments

1. 1
   on April 17th, 2009 at 8:09 am
   corrie said:

   A great loss!
   Those people that can rise above and greet others with “generosity of spirit through sweet clear eyes” are true treasures!


2. 2
   on April 17th, 2009 at 8:22 am
   MariaV said:

   Hugs to you and your community, Bossy.


3. 3
   on April 17th, 2009 at 8:57 am
   Lizzy said:

   I’m sorry, Bossy’s community. How painfully sad.


4. 4
   on April 17th, 2009 at 9:29 am
   Momo Fali said:

   Aw. It’s a sad day when good people are taken from us. Alex sounds like good people.


5. 5
   on April 17th, 2009 at 11:32 am
   RuthWells said:

   I heard this sad news this morning — Alex’s passing will leave a hole in the heart of our community. He was one of a kind.


6. 6
   on April 17th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
   Maria said:

   Aww, it’s amazing how we touch each others lives. Sorry, bossy.


7. 7
   on April 17th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
   POD said:

   I loved Alex too.


8. 8
   on April 17th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
   Cactus Petunia said:

   A beautiful tribute.


9. 9
   on April 17th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
   Reeb said:

   So sad for the loss of Alex.

   I’m thinking of my pharmacy person, Merri, who knows everyone (and what they’re being treated for!) and is a delight and friend to all. I would hate to lose her. And so I relate, as best I can, to your loss.


10. 10
    on April 17th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
    Jennifer said:

    What a great loss. It sounds like he touched many lives and will be sorely missed.
    My thoughts are with his family and with all who will miss him in your neighborhood.


11. 11
    on April 17th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
    kay said:

    I’m sorry, Bossy, and Bossy’s town. My hope is that he had a last glimpse of the spring blooms just outside.


12. 12
    on April 17th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
    Jenn @ Juggling Life said:

    What a lovely tribute.


13. 13
    on April 17th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
    Ranger said:

    What a guy. Who else will ever make a trip to the post office — even at Christmas or tax time — an enjoyable errand.


14. 14
    on April 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
    swistle said:

    Oh, so sad!


15. 15
    on April 17th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
    Ms. Cranky Pants said:

    May Alex’s family be comforted during this terrible time by knowing how generously he enhanced the lives of others.


16. 16
    on April 17th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
    foolery said:

    Small towns are at their best when you have a handful of Alex’s scattered throughout. I hope Alex’s spirit will live on in another community member.


17. 17
    on April 17th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
    Wendy said:

    Oh Bossy! I am so sad about this, what a wonderful man..I wish I had told him 100 times more how much we loved him! I will never forget the sparkle in his eye as he promised a certain young lady that a certain birthday gift would arrive, on time, at a certain college campus on the Upper West Side…my prayers for his grandkids, who he loved so very much..


18. 18
    on April 17th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
    reen said:

    This is just beautiful. I am sorry, Bossy and Bossy’s town.


19. 19
    on April 17th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
    MemeGRL said:

    Thanks, all, for the condolences…I just saw him on tax day and did our usual joking routine about what I’d forget and walk back in for 10 minutes later with my two kids who like to use the mail slots to literally climb the walls. And if I had the slightest clue it would be the last time it would be our routine, I would still be walking in and out that door. Forget forever stamps. I would have liked a forever Alex.
    And he always had fan letters from “people of youth” decorating his window. My heart goes to them as well.


20. 20
    on April 17th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
    Peg said:

    Bossy, you always know how to put things into words. We all feel for you and your sweet town. Alex, it’s very clear that you will be missed by those who knew you and also by so many who didn’t.


21. 21
    on April 17th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
    Jacmo said:

    Godspeed Alex. You will be missed.


22. 22
    on April 18th, 2009 at 3:08 am
    Bush Babe of Granite Glen said:

    OK I was going to be all smart and say how you won the ‘bloom off’ with Dooce today, but instead you have written something gorgeous and sad. Lovely tribute, my dear. Just lovely.
    
    BB


23. 23
    on April 18th, 2009 at 7:57 am
    The Domestic Goddess said:

    Boohoo. I’ll miss Alex, and so will my kids. He was a grand fellow.


24. 24
    on April 18th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
    Formerly Unemployed Susan said:

    God’s finger touched him and he slept.
    -Tennyson