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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