Crawford, Don

I will always remember Don and his wonderful smile. He was a special part of my twenty years in SFO. I miss you Don.

Don was my lover for a few years just before he went back to live with Allen toward the end of his life. He lived life in a such a driven manner- taking it for the most. His infectious humor and love was precious to me and he remains one of the few in my life to whom I gave some of myself to keep. If a few things had been a bit different, we may have stayed together until the end but I am so glad that Allen took care of him and loved him. I still miss you, beautiful beast...

Brian and I hung with Don & Allen back in the early 80’s, and they were great fun and so sweet a couple. Had one of the best times poolside at Russian River with those guys. Some of the happiest times of my life. Thank you Don & Allen.

Brian and I hung with Don & Allen back in the early 80’s, and they were great fun and so sweet a couple. Had one of the best times poolside at Russian River with those guys. Some of the happiest times of my life. Thank you Don & Allen.

Donny, my first love. I met him in 1974 while we were both attending SUNY at StonyBrook. He had a boyfiend at the time but that didn't stop him from running across the campus ,naked, one evening to come knock on my dormitory door, much to the shock and visula pleasure of my roommates, who answered the door. The sweetest of bluest eyes, the body and skin of an angel, his tender and hushed voice, his kind heart and curled smile. He always took my breath away. We broke up in the mid 70's; a sour break up between two young men, too young and with so much ahead of us to know just how much we loved one another. Running into a friend we shared, I was told that Donny was lost to us, during that awful period when so many we loved were lost. After my mother's death my brother revealed to me that Donny had reached out to her in attempt to reach me in his final days , to say his goodbye. But she had experienced the deep hurt and sadness I felt when we broke up and she didnt want to put me through that yet again, is how my brother explained it. So I never got to say goodbye or for the final time say :I love you. So here it is : I love you, sweet Donny, Blue, Crabbie (he was a Cancer) Thank you for the part of you that will always be with me. Love never dies.