He was so very nice. RIP Forrest

 We always try to make friends with those we are around day to day and that includes our mail carriers ( UPS, Fed Ex and USPS). Our mail guy was in his 30's, with a bushy beard and  sunglasses, he always looked like he was raised by ZZ top's surfer buddies. He liked classic rock and was gregarious and outgoing...and kind...so very kind. He'd spend so much time on our front porch listening to us as we told him about our days and what was going out in the mail ....and the stories that went along with what was in the packages. He never once said "Hey I gotta go back to work", he was always up to lend an ear and a smile.

He was always asking what I was baking that day since I bake almost EVERY day since the pandemic started. I always set some aside with his name on it, and he stop and ask if I had any cookies for him.

4 days ago I saw him and promised I'd have shortbread cookies for him on Tuesday, he never showed up. Today we learned he died of Covid. He looked healthy and fine and was laughing as usual...and then he was just gone.

I've posted these images before, this one is different. There is one death listed for Merced County, that number 1 is Forrest...he stands alone in the count. Our friend.


 

I'm going to bake a truckload of cookies and take them down to the post office for the co-workers he left behind, it's the least I can do. Because of Covid there won't be any big funeral to go to, probably not a funeral really at all.

I heard a very short story on death once and it stuck with me:

A child upon hearing of the death of her father exclaimed sadly, "Oh but he was so very nice."

Forest, our friend, was so very nice. We shall miss our friend

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