And the Hits Just Keep on Coming

So weird how connected things are. Peter Jennings' death is very sad for me personally though I'd only met him once. It was at a memorial service for a good friend of mine, Arnot E. Walker. (That's him with me on my wedding day.) Arnot was Jenning's press secretary for many years. He died in 1998 from pneumonia. He was 44 - the same age as Kevin I keep reminding myself. I'll never forget how eloquent Jennings was on air the day Arnot died.

Watching all the Jennings coverage reminds me of how much I miss my friend. Our lives had gone separate ways a few years before he died but I will remember him always. I met Arnot when I went to work for the Mondale/Ferraro campaign. He was like a human hurricane who would sweep you up as he passed. He essentially handed me my first job in New York and made it so easy for me to move up here to be with Kevin. He had such class and was so kind. He'd often say to me: Leave it be where Jesus flung it, El. Wish that I could, my friend.