Remembering Murph
Yesterday was Murph's birthday. He was born in 1977. He died in the summer of 1997, at age 19. It will be ten years next summer since his death. 10 years! Man, time flies. And I still ask myself, what would he be doing today? I'm not sure, but I know he'd still be making people laugh! What a goofy guy; he was fun. We all had fun together.
I don't really remember my first memories of meeting him. Actually, maybe I do. I think we were in the youth room at our MWC on a Sunday morning, and somebody - Joel or his mom - deliberately introduced us to each other. I can't say we hit it off right away, but we certainly did enjoy each other's company and comraderie.
For we did end up deciding to room together as we headed off to our first year of college at BBC. I can't say that was something we dreamed about doing, but, as we both admitted to each other, we were glad we had each other to room together. We both knew we'd rather know who our roommate was gonna be than to leave it to the college to pick.
We had only met that senior year of high school, I think. And we only saw each other during church activities and events. So my first strong, lasting memory with him was during our youth group's annual March break trip. We hung out together during that week. I think we were both glad to have each other to hang out with. There weren't too many other guys our age still in the youth group at that time.
I took a lot of pictures of him during that week. The pictures are still very vivid in my mind. I remember having a picture of us taken with our arms around each other. We were both wearing baseball caps. We looked like dorks. But I think we were both glad that we had each other to look and feel like dorks together. I also remember a shot of him sitting at an arcade game.
That week will stand out as my fondest memory of him. He was funny, goofy, and fun to be around at college, but as roommates, we drove each other nuts. I'm sure it was mainly because of me. I hate thinking of myself like this, but I'm afraid I'm very high maintenance. I like my life and things just so. Actually, I like my space and to be alone. That's probably why it never worked out with any of my roommates.
There are a lot of memories from that first year of college I would like to share, but I don't feel so moved to do so. Perhaps Bry... will pick up where I left off. He and Murph hit it off, and enjoyed each other's company immensely that first year.
Murph, we miss you.
posted by ...Ney @ 2:33 p.m.
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10 years, eh? wow. I remember it like it was yesterday too...everything from that time. Remember the ape we gave him for (I think) his birthday? I can't remember why we gave it to him but I remember buying it with you and laughing about it.
It's amazing how people stay with us even after they leave this earth. For me, it's Brent and it was 13 years ago now. I don't know if I told you much about him, but he's with me every single day. Sometimes I think he haunts me. I miss him with every grain of my being. Since I was part of your life that first year, I remember Jeremy pretty well. It's sad when someone so young has to leave us. It's always sad no matter what age they are, but when they're young, it gives us much more time to think about all they might be doing if they were still with us and of course it gives us much more time to miss them.
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Man, there's so much that I want to say about good ol murph. We became very good friends that year and I was devestated when I heard the news of his passing. He made a lasting impression in my life that year and I still think of him often.
I will take some time in the near future to add to this post a couple more memories that ...Ney and I probably share about him....
Can't wait to see you again Murph!
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