Party

[Curtis Kelly]

Hi Friends of Rex,

We had a wonderful Remembering Rex night tonight with about 40 people there.  Kayo and the kids came, and a few people sent messages and videos from afar.  

It was warm and touching in this really wonderful way.  The message came through again and again  about the way Rex connected instantly, his selflessness, his smile, and his ability to make anyone feel important.  Like Nathan said, “Full of Aloha all the way down to his toes.”

I think we all fell in love with Rex again and each came away feeling we’d like to be more like him. At least I did.  And I think we all fell in love with each other too, for appreciating him that way.   At least I did.

I think that, once again, Rex has made me a better person that I was the day before.

Curtis Kelly

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[Steven Nishida]

Good afternoon, everyone.

Well said, Curtis.

Thanks to all who attended and shared, in person or from afar. 

It was a magical evening, and one that will stay with me forever. 

I feel I still of a great deal to learn from the friends of Rex.

これからも宜しくお願い致します。

Steven (Nishida)

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[吉村 秀幸]

Dear Friends,

Thank you for arranging such a nice remembering party.
We won't forget Rex sensei and what he did for us and others.
Mahalo for everything.

Hideyuki Yoshimura (OGU)

[bobbie]

Hi, Steven and Kayo, Risa and Rumi and all of Rex's friends:

You all have become a second family to me.

At Rex's party, I wanted to share so much with you besides just words.  

I've been lost for a while:

My only daughter passed away recently after a 12+ year illness that was horrible in its pain and implications for her future.  How she hung on for so long amazes me.  She was my life, my best best hope, a woman I would admire even if she weren't my daughter.  She was a nurse, and her injury began when she was assisting an operation, and the steel gurney the patient was lying on collapsed and she caught him and the steel table and held on until help was called for and came (in the US, doctors and nurses are afraid of legal litigation, and so the doctors wouldn't help, and I understand).  The man whom my daughter saved will never know about her, but she is a hero in my mind, and she never regretted her choice.  She was everything a nurse should be.  

Like all of us with Rex, I should have been prepared, but I wasn't. 

Please forgive my lapse in communication with you, all of you, especially Kayo and the girls.

Rex is a comfort.  His funny "Masked for Escape" photo is looking at me now.  His smile is everything.

I have been feeling that Rex might very well have greeted my daughter, Lorrie, at the gates of whatever a lovely Heaven is there for him and for her.  He'd recognize her as she would him; she would say something like, "oh!  YOU'RE the one Mom told me about!" and her whole being would be without pain as Rex led the way.

Thank you,

Bobbie Van-Nix

[Paul Kelley]

Dear Friends,
I would first like to thank everyone responsible for arranging
the "Remembering Rex Party." It was very special. Rex was the kind
of person that you just liked to hang around with. And I believe
that by hanging around with the "Friends and Family of Rex" on
Saturday evening, with Rex brought to us on the screen and in the
shared spirit of camaraderie, there's no question that Rex is now
just as alive in spirit as he ever was. He's hanging around with us
all the time. I will never forget the Saturday party.
Paul Kelley