eurydicebound

I met Geoff online, which is to say we've not met properly yet, but that doesn't matter a tremendous amount anyway. It will come in time.

Geoff impressed me from the first as a really creative, out of the box thinking kind of guy. I enjoyed listening to his opinions and thoughts as they so often reflected my own feelings on the matter (whatever that matter happened to be). He was always coming up with the coolest kind of stuff, including the games he ran and played in and even the activities he enjoyed doing. It was just all there. The worst I could ever say about him was that his life seemed to be stuck in a rut that made him very unhappy, and for reasons I dared not inquire into too deeply, there was nothing he could do about it.

Boy, did that change.

At a time when I was dealing with upheaval of my own, Geoff's life suddenly did something very similar. We were mirror reflections of one another in a way, and I know at least that I was able to draw comfort from that, from seeing his strength in the face of adversity. The rut I had seen suddenly turned into a landmine that sent him hurtling off the field and into brand new territory, and although he's stumbled on occasions, he's finding his way through it with amazing alacrity. He's taken a situation that is never easy and rarely positive, and turning it into a new beginning with a world of opportunity in front of him. Even his difficulties inspire me to find courage and strength within myself, and his successes leave me amazed. If I could handle life's vagaries half as well as he has, I should be doing quite well indeed.

Geoff is a kind, sweet, smart, thoughtful man, from whom I sometimes feel as though I must have been separated at birth. If he were nearby, I'd be first in line to ask him to dinner and see if we could get a gaming session going. :) Being a couple or three continents away, though, I have to content myself with merely admiring him froma distance and reading his journal whenever possible. Love ya, man.