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Letter: ‘Follow the Hersh example’

May 6, 2022

Thank you all who made the May 1 celebration of Mike Hersh’s life a perfect celebration of a life well lived.

I wish I had been able to visit with you all individually but, as you know, there were so many of us I could not.

You all made me realize how lucky I was to have lived 55 years with this fine human being and I will move forward with a positive attitude, hoping to make him proud of me.

As you know, Mike loved writing haikus and I will end this note with a haiku written by a dear friend:

Help others in need?

Follow the Hersh example

Volunteer your time.

With gratitude and love,

Char Hersh

Ashland

Bert Etling

Bert Etling is the executive editor of Ashland.news. Email him at betling@ashland.news.

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