Andren, Joel S

16 June 2012 -- On this day, the 25th anniversary of your passing, Joel, many friends still hold you close in remembrance filled with great love and respect. How could we ever forget someone as brilliant as you? You lived a remarkable life of grace and strength and kindness even to the end. A good man, you strove to show courage and hard-won sobriety, helping others in their journey too. The exceptionally handsome man everyone could plainly see in fact only hid a finer inner beauty -- of soul, of spirit, of mind -- that person of astonishing humor, intelligence, and good taste that we all so loved. We are grateful, Joel, that life gave you to us for a short while as a gift: your are still cherished in memories that are fresh and evergreen despite the long years, cold without your warming kindness, dark without your bright love. Sleep for now, strong and beautiful friend, in peaceful, dreamless rest, until we awaken together again in joy.