For Kevin

To you, who always laughed with your entirety,

whose humor was both light and dark at once,

To you, who made choices based on truth rather than ease,

whose voice was soft but sure and always certain,

To you, who made hope real and made real hope,

whose wit was sharp, but never unnecessarily so,

To you, who thought both critically and kindly,

whose life could only be made better were it made longer,

To you, who deserved more than we could give–