Farewell to Robin Williams: a thank you note

Robin Williams died today.

It seems surreal to write that.

But since writing is the way I process the incomprehensible — I find myself writing.

Everyone is tweeting and facebooking and calling into radio shows about what a great talent Robin was.

Yeah. He was. But that wasn’t what I adoredabout him. It was the fact that he was an incredibly kind human being.

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