Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Go M.A.D. DAD!!!
Kent never let his kids leave the house in the a.m. without calling out go M.A.D. ! Its an acronym for Go Make A Difference in the world! His legacy continues through so many people remembering him and the difference he made every day of his life. Last night Rachel and I met with the Relay for Life committee to purchase the first luminary for this summers Relay for Life cancer memory walk. They also told us that they are naming this summers Relay , the Kent R. Britten Relay for LIFE. It will be held on June 11 on the square in Indianola. I have been invited to join the bank team, named "Brittens banking buddies" They are forming the team and ordering , of course, bright green t-shirts with Go MAD on them. What an honor . . . . he is still making a difference. All those years of sending the kids out the door with go MAD, came back to him. Every letter or email they sent their dad ended with Go MAD, DAD! Rebecca had a baseball cap made for him on her trip to Nepal with those words---always one of his favorite hats. I think she is wearing it as a white water raft guide in Arizona this week! They have ALL fulfilled their fathers dream of making a difference in the world.
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What can I say? Kent was the most considerate, passionate, tedious, and organized man that I have ever known. He was absolutely the best person to work with. I always thought of him as a second father. He was the same age as my dad, he had the same cancer as my dad, at about the same age as my dad, and all of his chidren were the same ages and me and my siblings. Kind of scary. Whenever he would correct me I would always say "Okay, dad!" I think he absolutely loved it. When the twins were born he absolutely loved them. He would always want to watch them and I would warn him that they are into everything. He would say they are in the "terrific two stage." Now terrific wouldn't be the word that I would use. The one day that Bonnie and Kent watched the kids I told Kent before I got there that if they had any coffee tables with stuff on it that he had better move it or the kids would move it themselves. I had to laugh because when we got there they had a coffee table that was covered with stuff and when we got back from the movie the coffee table was cleared of everything. I still don't know if the kids did it or if Kent and Bonnie cleared it. Everyday I think about Kent and some days it is a struggle, but I know Kent would be very proud of me the way that I have handled things here at the bank. He taught me a great deal about banking, life and family. I will never forget him.
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