Hello Friends, Fans, and Family...
I'm writing this tonight after a long, rough day of reflecting on a good friend that we all lost this morning. Darryl Godwin lost his battle with cancer today. Darryl was only 50 years old. Many of you know that Darryl is Niki's cousin (Lance's wife), but just as importantly, he was a dedicated member of our extended Terashain family, and was with us for every event, Christmas party, camping trip, and many of the shows. In the last year we have held drawings, and raffles and YOU all have been instrumental in helping Darryl and his wife Debbie in getting thru the trough financial pitfalls that went along with Darryl's affliction. That is what family does for each other, and tonight it makes me very proud that I'm a part of that family.
So many of you also know that before Darryl's illness, he used to host a HUGE Haunted House for Halloween. He used to spend thousands on scary props and building materials, and usually started the whole project early in the summer with his group of sidekicks appropriately named "The Haunt Club". The unique thing about this whole project is that Darryl and Debbie ALWAYS charged a canned food item that would be donated to help the needy for the upcoming Holiday Season. That was Darryl. He would give you the shirt off of his back, and he didn't even have to know you...
Speaking for me personally, I will miss the practical jokes, the delicious meals he would cook for our camping trips (You introduced me to eableskivers!!!), his enthusiasm and leadership for the band gatherings, his sense of humor, and his slightly twisted collection of Halloween artifacts, most of which he passed on to me. Tonight I'm feeling so lucky and grateful to have shared these things with this inspirational guy.
Tonight our thoughts and our prayers are with his wife Deb, his son and daughter, and cousins Niki and Lance and the rest of his family and close friends.
For those of you interested, I will be posting service details on the site soon.
Thanks for reading, friends!
With Love, and on behalf of the entire band....
Roger
