D'Arcy's Birthday

Yesterday was D'Arcy's birthday. We all went down to Kingston where Leslie had organized a beautiful small burial service followed by dinner at D'Arcy's favourite restaurant, Curry Original.

The day was sunny and warm. Just before the ceremony, a hawk flew down and lit on a gravestone near D'Arcy's - beautiful and appropriate. About 25 of us gathered and listened some of Leslie's lovely poems for D'Arcy and a beautiful a capella song. A few people shared thoughts of D'Arcy since his death and a lot of us shared some tears.

The dinner afterwards was a tribute to D'Arcy's love of good food and companionship. Curry Original did itself proud and we reveled in butter chicken, lamb korma, saag paneer and much more.

We miss D'Arcy more than I know how to say in a blog, but I didn't want to let the day go by unmarked. D'Arcy was fun and warm, challenging and loving. Thomas is already hearing stories of his uncle, and we plan to tell him many more over the years - we'll want to remember this day, too.