Thank you for everything!!

Every Thursday, Dick crawled behind his computer to write his blog to keep everyone up to date on the ins and outs of his beloved dojo and family.

Shaggie, cup of coffee, right screen facing the dojo and just write, week in and week out, 143 blogs, never skipping a week because he had promised and it was good for the website and the "dojo."

He could get annoyed with athletes who used the dojo the wrong way, not using a towel, not checking in and not cleaning up the weights an eyesore, often making that clear to us in his blog there in his very own way.

Even more often he wrote proudly about renovations, outings, his children, grandchildren and the rest of family. The last few days have shown that we have become a very large family, which must learn to cope with the loss and sadness about our "Uncle Dick"

When the blog was written, the pictures taken and sorted out, Dick would sometimes come to me to explain things! That went like this:

Good morning Dick! Then Dick's response was always: Moogge Jochie! Wonderful greeting.

Do you want coffee Dick? No, still have to go to the dojo or no, I have to go to Poets, always he was busy with something! But it always lasted at least half an hour, because there was always something to tell.

Then I made sure that the photos Dick always took were put on the site and on Facebook. Wonderful to do, for a special person who, in the short time I was allowed to experience him, came to mean a lot to me.

Dick I will miss you terribly and thank you for the many wonderful and fun times we had. Even though writing is not my thing, I would have rather worked together on blog 144 and many other blogs and videos.
But this blog I had to write because a lot of people are going to miss your weekly blog very much even though it was only a very small part of everything you did for the whole big family.

Thanks for everything Dick,

Jochie