Jerry

Thinking back on the kindness and good humour that was Jerry Ledbetter used to leave me in tears. To be frank Jerry was an alcoholic who accidentally drank himself to death before he made it to 26, Jerry was also one of the kindest and most genuine people I knew despite his tendency to be really silly sometimes. I had an insanely bad epileptic episode when I was 24, and after the seizure I woke up not knowing who I was, where I was or what was happening. When emergency services folks did show up I started getting aggressive with the cops and Jerry and My friend Diane calmed me down and got me into the ambulance. I was in hospital until about four in the morning and Jerry was with me the entire time making certain I made it somewhere safe. I'll never forget that. The kindness. That was Jerry's core character trait: Kindness.