Summer Session sure is coming to an end. But first off I want to say that June was great despite some ups and downs. I had a fun filled weekend reuniting and catching up with friends that I seldom see no more. Saturday Night was the Michael Ryan Cofone Benefit Show in which I was there. It was a night of fun but so much craziness that happened. But overall it was a blast and I had a great time there listening and watching crazy bands perform and watching the crowd go wild. Even though most people there had graduated from Parsippany High School in the many years before me I didn't seem to care too much about it. Michael Cofone was a graduate of Parsippany High School in 2005 and passed away a few months ago this year. I had met him just once in Lk. Hiawatha. Even after that I saw him driving someplace in town too. Surprisingly lots of people knew him and more and more had crowded up Elks Lodge in Boonton which was quite a good amount as most of that crowd attended his Funeral Service. I can't believe they had crowded up in the same exact place where my Father's wake was held. Must have been lots of people who loved Mike a lot even though he was so much older than most of us.

The Benefit Show taught all of us lessons. But at the same time My heart ached for his family and his friends as they had gone through a loss of a truly loved one. It was sudden like how it was for my father who had suddenly passed away back in November. This is something that my family has still not recovered from even though Father's Day and Holidays have all passed by. Losing someone so young is a really big thing on everyone especially if you were close to them. One song that hit me at the show was Corey's song which was dedicated to Mike. The words that hit me is here, "but instead that's what he did he sat us down our feet on the ground i'll listen now, i'll slow down" Surely teaches all of us in town something that we will get for the rest of our lives even though its not easy that a close one had passed away. I know that I would be there for people if they had lost a loved one or a close friend as it had happened to me which still hurts me every here and there. Rest In Peace to my good Dad and Mike Cofone. Hope all is going well up there in Heaven as it is much better up there than down here :).