Time Moves Too Fast for Mortals
Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 35 secondsI received a Life Time Achievement Award from the Supportive Housing Association of NJ five years ago.
When I was presented with the award, my first comment was it should be renamed the Half-Life Achievement Award.
If we are committed to Tikun Olam, the need to repair the world does not end simply because someone has aged.
The truth is that just as each of us is broken, the world is as well, and the work to ensure it works for all of us will never end.
After I renamed the award, I did what I always did when Jan was in the room. I introduced her and said that if I deserved the recognition, it was only because of the love and support she provided.
A few weeks ago, I found this comment that Jan posted on Facebook,
So proud of my husband, Richard W. Brown! Happy to be married to this wonderful man! Today he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Supportive Housing Association of NJ for his advocacy around housing, ending homelessness, and leadership of Monarch Housing.
Tears welled in my eyes as I read her statement.
So much has changed over the last 1,827 days. When Jan and I left the event, the future seemed endless.
Cancer changed the trajectory of our lives, but my love for Jan will never die; it only grows stronger daily!
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