Tampa AIDS Network: Sticks of Fire

Rummaging through my boxes-o-junk,

I ran across some photographs I had forgotten about.

These are from the "Sticks of Fire" fundraiser I hosted at

Tung Nam Restaurant in Brandon, back when TAN

(Tampa AIDS Network) was still called TAN.

That's Mom with me above,

and below is the group of friends and family

that showed up to support.

Robyn Crittenden, front left, was just lost

to cancer last year.

I was glad to find this pic and remember some

of the good times we had, including this night,

and the dessert reception at University of Tampa

later that night.

You never know when you're going to lose people,

and it's always hard to lose them young.

Been feeling kind of nostalgic lately, not just

for the old gang and the old stomping grounds,

but for days when things were at least

the pretense of simpler.

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