I still need you here

Sorry, you all, it's going to go personal here again for yet another day. No interruption of service this time, though, I think.

We've received the awful news that my uncle's partner committed suicide. It's difficult--they were the only people in our family to live on the West Coast, so getting there to be for him--well, it's not probably going to be an option for all of us. I know none of you knew him, but he came from the most difficult background but was honestly one of the most fun people you could ever meet. Back when San Francisco's mayor legalized gay marriage, he and my uncle were one of the first couples to get married. My uncle, who I love, was the one you'd go to if you wanted help with your chemistry homework or wanted to go see, say, the Monterey Bay Aquarium; his partner was the one who'd go get facials with you and take you to go shopping. To be me-centric for a second, the summer my cousin, stepsister, and I spent out with them in San Francisco was one of the best times of my life, and he did one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me. His presence will be incredibly missed by everyone you knew him. And my uncle--I can't imagine being forced to deliver a eulogy for your sister in October and then losing your husband in December. I love you. Both.

This song goes out to both of them--I was just telling Digital Technique the other day that's it's one of my all-time favorite songs; beyond the lyrics, it's that effortlessly swoony chorus that makes it so perfect and so gorgeous.

Sinéad Quinn - Ready To Run (album available here or here)