Showing posts with label Sam Andrew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sam Andrew. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Long ago and far away

In the 1960s, Sam Andrew was incredibly kind to me. I was a heroin addict at the time and, trust me on this, I didn't deserve anyone's kindness. But that didn't stop him. It was just his nature.

Once, after giving me everything I needed to survive -- despite the fact that I hadn't asked for a thing -- he took his shirt off and traded it for mine. It was as if he was saying "what I have is yours". It was just his nature to do things like this. 

I've thought of Sam many times since then, and I was sad when I learned of his death.

Sam Andrew, you were a good, good man.