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Hooray! So proud of you!

For years after, no matter what the conference, it always seemed that he was in the lobby or at registration on the first day waiting to greet me. Kismet, almost. And it became a joke between us. I'll never forget that first simple kindness and the many wonderful conversations after. RIP.