I am still shaking after reading the news of Sherman's passing. Sherman was a friend of mine at the University of Vermont and one of the nicest people I have ever met. I remember his room in college covered with posters of JFK and his passion for politics. Although Sherman and I never kept in contact after he graduated, I have thought of him with fondness many times over the years. This morning in the wake of Barrack Obama's election, I was wondering how Sherman was feeling and curious if he had pursued that political career he was so passionate about in college. For the first time I sat down in front of my computer and Googled his name. I had waited too long to reconnect. Sherman left this earth before being able to witness the first African American president elected to office.(although in my head I had always thought it would be Sherman!) But I know his spirit lives on in all of the lives he has touched and the lives he had yet to touch. My thoughts, prayers and condolences are with his family and many friends.