One more 'Good Guy' gone

Aug 26, 2010 12:00 am

I thought of this one day while passing by Rocky Freda’s place of business on the Sunday River access road.

I never knew Rocky very well. I used to drive by quite frequently on my way to work on houses in the area. I got to the point where I started to look forward to going by just to see if Rocky was there because he would inevitably take the time to look my way and wave with a rather wry smile. I understood what the smile meant because of a brief conversation we had a while back. He saw me on Main Street and walked up to speak to me. I could tell by his approach that he had something on his mind and I was about to learn what it was.

"Hey, how many times do you go by my place anyway? If I didn’t know better, I would think that all you do is drive around all day."

He had the same smile when he asked me that as he did every other time he waved when I went by. It was a very loose connection, but one that served me well. I always looked for the guy that made that remark on that spot on the road and almost always got the predictable response that I wanted.

Sounds kind of lame, but I think that is what small towns are all about. Even if you don’t really know all the people around you, you have a relationship with those people because you share such close quarters with them. I know that speaking for myself; I wave to almost everyone more out of habit than anything else. Most I don’t really know, but I have been waving to them for so long they wave back. I suspect that many say something like "who the heck is that anyway?" Oh well, I would much rather wave to someone that I just don’t know then to not wave to a friend.

I guess that my point is that we all know a handful of Rockies that pretty much make our days. Nancy Young was one of those for me. We lost her last week and I know that I will miss her for a long time to come. She was one of the "Good Guys" that I always looked forward to seeing just because. I know that my pain won’t begin to compare to the loved ones that these guys left behind, but they left a hole in our community that can’t easily be filled.

Don’t ever underestimate the importance of just being one of the "Good Guys." We all need them.

Tony Andrews

Bethel

Comments

But then I thought, my father is worried about their own bodies, ah, my heart turned into a inexplicable sadness. However, there is in the fortunate person, do not know when that will After listening to his words, Recently, the mother was busy working to help a neighbor, the young girl called me and she was not answering, , always tall figure supra high tops seemed to grow shorter, and standing in front of me actually shorter than me, think of the past few years his mother struggling to support a person with the family, so much older, the people are thinner, I am not help but feel sad. The occasion of his father work outside, From our supra shoes love for our children to love, father to pay a total quietly. Each month the New Year back home, always put their hard earned money, once distributed to all children, while we give him the money, you will become another cheap supra shoes way to send back. How not to let such a beloved father do? I really happy ah, how soon hope to see his old autobiography, can cheap supra uk even further? * Supper cover? *** Life.