<p>gettinin- I think you are missing northstarmom’s point. As you said he accomplished many things and life will go on without him. The fact that he was such an engaging and inspirational man, life will go on and he will continue to impact people’s lives. Death is something that happens, and that is very fair, yes it is unfortunate that his children and family have to go through this…but to me this is far from depressing. He was uplifting. His spirit, passion and lessons in life will continue to live strong and his children will grow up knowing that they had a father that never took life for granted and wanted to accomplish his goals while influence others. To me that is amazing.</p>