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| Grandpa gave me so much love. I think now he is our guardian angel and I am so lucky to be part of this family and to have him to look up to. |
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I remember coming back from a trip with Grampa and
Grandma. We were flying from Aunt Monica's house in Texas and had to stop
in Las Vegas. We had a one hour wait before our flight home. Grampa told
Sean (my brother) and I to each give him a dollar. He went off to play the
slot machines and he came back and gave us the $15.00 he won with our two
dollars. Grandpa always accepted me for who I was and loved me endlessly. I never felt more beautiful than when I saw myself in his eyes. I will always love him and I will see him again. |
| Ed taught me so many things. I will always be a little bit smarter because of what he taught me. All through the years he's always loved me no matter what I did. He accepted me exactly as I was. He never yelled at me even once. I don't think he knew how to hate. |
| A special light has gone out of my life, but instead a spiritual light has taken its place and that light is Ed Kaufman. He was an inspiration to me and as I found out to everyone he came into contact with. I loved him as a brother is loved. I loved him as a human being who radiated a caring warmth that brought joy to my heart. I will miss him deeply. He was my friend. |
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My family and I will miss him at the wall between our houses calling "Hey
Pointer" with him standing in his driveway in his underwear wanting to offer
his always good advice or offering to lend me a hand on some project. When my mother passed away he made me feel like life was worth living. Took me in his arms and gave me the most warm and loving hug. Telling me such wonderful and caring things that I will remember for as long as I live. The time that he came through for us that stands out the most is the day I was working in my back yard. It was a hot summer day and I couldn't get my breath. My boys went to get Ed for help. My lung had collapsed and he knew right away what was wrong. He put in me the Winkie and took me to the hospital. My wife and boys, Julie, Kurtis and Ryan will never forget this special man. Neither will I. In the 17 years my family and I have lived here we can't say enough on what a good friend and neighbor Ed has been to us. I have lost a best friend. I will miss him very much. |
| About four years ago Ed and I were headed for a meeting. We were on the freeway, I am driving and Ed asks me for some candy or something sweet because he felt his blood sugar dropping. I had nothing. Traffic slowed up and the next thing I knew Ed was out of the car on the freeway stopping a big 18 wheeler and directing me to pull in front of it. The driver of the truck gets out and stops traffic and we get off the freeway and go to a store to get Ed some candy, and get his sugar back up. I decide to skip the meeting and drive back to Creative Woman. Ed makes me turn around and go to the meeting. I said a few words under my breath. He was fine. I was a basket case. I have never been without hard candy in my purse since. |
| I was over giving Ed a back rub. He said to me "I love you more than a mountain". He always said that. That day he said, he created me in his own image. I told him you took that from the Bible. He said, no God took that from him. |
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| One sunny afternoon, during summer Ed and I were talking on the front porch where Carole and I live. We were talking about dating. He asked me how my boyfriend was treating me. He said I should have someone that treats me great. Ed asked me if he calls a lot, I said yes, as a matter of fact he calls me all the time. Ed then asked me if my boyfriend spends enough time with me. I paused, and Ed saw that I wasn't quite content. He looked at me and said, "Dump him." I said but he's a doctor. Ed said, "He doesn't deserve you, dump him." I said yeah, but he's Jewish". Ed said, "Dump him...he doesn't spend enough time with you, nor will he ever." Needless to say, Ed was right, like always. He just patted me on the shoulder and said, "a man is going to treat me great..and that's all there is to it." His message to me that sunny day are words to live by forever. |
| Since I was six years old I have been a part of this wonderful family. No matter what I said or what I did I was always welcome in to the hearts of the Kaufman family. I have so many childhood memories that helped me become the woman I am still becoming. Ed showed me a love that was boundless and true. A father, friend and confidant. Carole and I met in our innocence to be joined for all eternity with a love that Ed created and nourished. I will always aspire to live the way Ed lived and to be free in spirit and in love. |
| The first time I met Ed, I remember that he said something like "Hello beautiful"---not a thing that I was used to hearing in those days. His calling me beautiful when he didn't even know me is something I will always remember as an example of of how kind and loving he was. I will always remember him with love and feel glad that I had a chance to know him. |
| There was never an occasion when Ed was asked for help that he did not say "No problem, what else can I do?" This last Am Emet Seder dinner, when I asked if in addition to the generous amount of food he had promised to bring, he could possibly bring more, there was no hesitation before he said, "No problem, what else...?" He was bigger than life and we will miss his presence. |
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