My good friend Rick Rosen passed away on November 30,2009 due to a massive heart attack. He leaves behind his wife Paige, and two children, Jonathan and Alison. I officiated their wedding just six years ago. Paige wanted me to officiate his funeral too. More than two hundred people gathered to bid farewell to Rick on 12/2/09 at Temple Bethel Cemetery in Hollywood. It was one of the saddest days of my life. Once again, I stood at the door of the unfathomable mystery of life.
Paige woke up around 7 AM on the day of the funeral. She told her sister Valerie who was staying with her, not to put any sports channel that morning. She wanted to listen to soft music. Rick was an avid fan of NY Giants. When he was home, ESPN was always on. The morning of Rick's funeral, ESPN was off.
While Paige stood in the screened in back porch with a cup of coffee in her hand, she noticed a balloon slowly approaching her house. As it came closer, she noticed that it was a sports balloon with pictures of four balls on it. It came to the screen door, hit against it few times and fell to the ground. Paige screamed at the top of her lungs calling her sister. She and her family had no doubt it was Rick letting her know that he was around.
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