One of my best followers of this silly blog, that I on and off write, is no longer around to be a fan. Our good friend Dan Sicko has lost his battle with cancer and has peacefully passed away Sunday morning. This is the first time that I have lost a friend. It’s really hard. I have no words to describe how sad I am. We found out just last Friday that Dan was going into Hospice and people were raising money for the cost. The response was incredible, and within a day, enough money was raised for the care of Dan. Since the fund was not used for Dan’s care giver, it will be used for his daughters education. http://www.mattsicko.blogspot.com/
Dan was such a great person for the Detroit community. He has made a mark in history by telling the world what Detroit Techno was by writing a book called Techno Rebles. He loved music and he loved Detroit. I remember him coming over to our house some times to play records in the basement with John. He was often Johns buddy when going to some late night electronic music shows and he didn’t missed our Element Detroit shows. He was such a great supporter to our ventures.
Cancer is scary and a very painful thing for both the person who has it and the family and friends who are helping. My uncle was diagnosed with cancer as well. He is still fighting, and seems to be doing pretty well as for now. I have hope that he will be okay.
It’s funny, yesterday on Zu’s window sill, her Purple Bear, who has been permanently fused to her hand since she was a baby, and Mo the little robot from Wall-E were just sitting right next to each other. Purple Bear was a gift from Dan and Mo was a gift from her uncle Dave who also just passed away this past Spring. David was also an achiever and although he was a quadriplegic, he has worked on his college degree and later on got his Masters. He was always so nice and has been such a great brother-in-law to me. I guess out of all of John’s family members, he was the one that understood how I am the most.
I feel like through these little guys, Dan and David are helping us keep smiling.
I’m sure everyone knows about what happened to Japan in March. It’s been so devastating and depressing, I’ve been having a very hard time with it. None of my family members were hurt physically, but it’s been extremely hard to not be scared for my family who is there. My sister with her husband and new born son, who was born 2 days after the Tsunami, my parents who live on Mt. Fuji, and all my family who live right by the ocean in Kamakura area. With what is still happening with the nuclear power plants, I am scared for everyone’s well being. They are saying that the Philippine Plate will be moving and the area surrounding Mt. Fuji will be getting a really bad earthquake like the one that happened in Northern Japan within the next 3 years and Mt. Fuji could quite possibly erupt. Another thing that I keep thinking of in the back of my head. I know that nothing can be done, and worrying about what may happen will just bring stress after stress. I’m trying to not think about it, but it’s hard not to worry. I’m not depressed, I’m not too stressed, I’m just concerned and sad.
All of these things happening in one year is a bit much. Being strong is very hard. But for me, my kids and my blog followers (John & Dan), I think I am going to start writing a bit more on this blog again. I have hopes that it will help me get my thoughts out, and I feel like I owe more drafts to Dan. (I know, a bit too late, but I feel that he could be reading somewhere.)
Thank you Dan for reading my thoughts the seldom times I’ve managed to post, I will miss you and miss your comments.
gonbate !!!!!!