tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013778544560114700.post1055716550125726642..comments2021-02-10T03:43:03.870-08:00Comments on John de Groot: One man's life...John de Groothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895082372395185296noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013778544560114700.post-74542568058937519032018-07-17T20:49:59.373-07:002018-07-17T20:49:59.373-07:00I realize as I write this on July 17, 2018 that my...I realize as I write this on July 17, 2018 that my comments are distant from the time the above article was written. However, I too wanted to finally share some of my thoughts about Nabil and my past association and friendship with him.<br /><br />I met Nabil in Cleveland around 1984 when I went to work at Suburban Hospital. He was a contract E.D. doctor and soon after we met, we became fast friends. We spent much time together and I recall many specifics about him and our activities - driving around Cleveland, checking out the awesome view of his house that bordered Lake Erie, playing racquetball, his visits to my house and his most tender kisses that he proffered on my young children, his kindness and support of the E.D. staff, his eyes misting with the remembrance of past E.D. situations when he could not save his patience.<br /><br />I never made it to Nabil's wedding in NJ despite promising him that I would be there, I think that was in 1986, as it occurred during the time when I was moving my family to New Hampshire having taken a new job at a hospital there.<br /><br />Among the biggest three regrets of my life are 1) not having had the chance to meet and know Nabil's family in Cleveland, 2) having missed his wedding back in 1986(?), and the biggest regret of my life, not staying in touch with him after I left Cleveland.<br /><br />Following him on-line and reading, and celebrating, his career successes was something I so enjoyed doing. And, I can offer no reason for not following up with him those many years. I think that perhaps my failure to appear at his wedding in NJ stood in my way. And now, that opportunity to reconnect and re-share that close friendship can never be recaptured.<br /><br />I hope that my friend Nabil has found peace. He was one of the most caring and exceptional person that I have ever met in my life. And, my life was so enriched by him<br /><br />If anybody desires to contact me for any information related to Nabil's time in Cleveland during 1985-1986, you are welcomed to contact me at jeffsilverstein@msn.comJeff Silversteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529003089298731349noreply@blogger.com