Without You

How apropos to make this song a tribute on KSC to the departed David W. Bean?  It is one of KJ’s favorites and I am sure there were times when she played it in the studio  she had her father in mind.

  There’s much to say about how Kristen James has affected our lives. Her charismatic charm and singular personality has given us a fitness for the ages. Her inspiration transcends the physical however. When someone inspires you it carries over into the other key aspects of your life.  If you ask me (no one is) but besides losing 30 odd pounds her Zen like sonnets have influenced my writing in just about every one of my blogs. Come to think of it I am sure I could ask every one of you what she has meant to you and I would find 100 different responses. 

From a riders perspective she is also enigmatic. On the one hand she is one of the most adroit fitness instructors I have ever met but by the same token a very shy woman when she takes “off” her EQ persona and slips into Kristen the woman. Some might disagree here because her countenance and physiology belie any such notion. But watching from Bike #4 I can see a demure woman who has almost a girlish quality that is totally innocent.  I think her close friends might agree but I am not sure.  

But what did her dad really mean to her? Some might say “the world” and at the services on Monday the testimony from her uncle gave us a birds eye view into a man that was humble and deflected attention away from himself as only true heroes do. I think that Kristen’s dad was her Hero. A casual observers view told me that this was a tight knit family one that let others into their lives but never letting anyone diluting the strong love that’s woven in their collective hearts.  

Today in the 8:30 my friend Tripp Doherty wanted to make sure KJ knew he cared. And as the tears started to fill his eyes, I told him she knows and quietly to myself even if she didn’t she knows now.  We are so ready for her return on Thursday and I know my finger will be at the ready just as the digital clock strikes 6:30 am tomorrow.

 She is without him but we are not without her.  

David Guetta-Without You ft. Usher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUe8uoKdHao