Thursday, October 10, 2019
I don’t know. There should be more stuff here. Jay was a good guy who affected many lives in a positive way. I remember him laughing, a lot. I remember us getting pulled over by a Kalamazoo cop on our way to a party. Jay was driving. The cop had him do the drunk test walk, heel-to-toe, on the sidewalk. Madelyn screeched, “He can’t do that — he ain’t no dancer!” Hilarious and true. But the cop apparently decided that Jay was a better bet to drive than Madelyn, so he let us all go. We got to the party and back okay. Another time, there was a young black kid pacing weirdly at the side of the road. We offered him a ride and realized that he was in some kind of emotional crisis. He was tearful and thankful for any kind of help. Jay immediately knew where to take him. He had a friend who ran a crisis center downtown. There, we dropped the kid off, and he got immediate help. Thanks to Jay. In closing, Jay was a really good guy. Honest, funny, trustworthy, and competent — the kind of guy who made an excellent friend and roommate. Let the world always know this about my friend.
