To my AA Brother with 18 months (who wishes to remain anonymous--or just forgot to leave name ), congrats on the 18 month birthday, and thanks for the rep!
Now, we'll give the semi-hijacked thread back.
Congrats to both of you for that. No easy task.
SGM Parker died suddenly. Yes, he had a premonition that he was going to pass away, hence is writing of Infinite Insights but that doesn't really take away from the fact that he passed away quickly and unexpectedly.
Emotions run very very high at funerals. For awhile, my mother accused me of not attending my dad's funeral. Not only was I there, I sang at it.
Sometimes reality gets distorted. Sometimes people say things they regret. Losing someone you care about never gets easy.
For as awesome as Mr. Parker's senior students are, they are human.
Mr. Palanzo has continued his Kenpo career without dwelling upon what was or wasn't said 17 years ago. Perhaps we shouldn't either.