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has met you he remembers everything about you, all that he could learn in the time spent with you. It has been mentioned that he lived across the street from my good friend Evelyn who has been widowed for many years. For a while she had a male visitor who began to visit her frequently. Keaton did not know this person, and the fact troubled him so much that when he saw the car pull into her driveway the next time, he walked across the street. He put out his hand to shake hands, and told the man who he, Keaton, was, and asked the visitor his name. Keaton then proceeded to tell the man, that he had moved across the street to protect Evelyn, and hoped that the man had honorable intentions. Just imagine, these two people were in their late seventies or early eighties. Evelyn’s visitor, in his gracious manner, assured Keaton that he would behave like a gentleman. This person became our new friend, dear to all of us. We were grieved when he died a brief few years later. Keaton’s younger brother Gavin is an important presence in his brother’s life. Gavin was nine and Keaton was fourteen when they were invited to a church related event for young people in a member’s home. I reminded Gavin that he should “watch out” for Keaton. His look was quite serious when he replied that he would, and that he probably would be looking out for Keaton all of their lives. Quite an insight for so young a person! One afternoon Carl and I had been asked by Keaton’s parents to pick him up at the high school; we arrived about five or ten minutes before the dismissal bell. He came out of the building and walked to our parked

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