You remember, for about 10 days, I was explaining that we have decided to go twice to St Barth this year, as “life is too short”. In the meantime, two important persons for me just passed away extremely brutally:

• The father of one of my best friend since 25 years (“Papa Fogli”) who was one of the most brilliant passionate and fascinating person I have met. He was a renowned metalworker craftsman, an artist and master in his field (“Meilleur Ouvrier de France”). He was 74 and died in his garden from an heart attack. He has marked positively and for ever all the persons that had the chance to be in contact with him…
• Pierrot, the owner of the Pipiri restaurant in St Barth, one of the figure of the island. It was always such a blast to have a dinner at his restaurant, not only because of the food, but also because of Pierrot and his special art of making you “feel at home” immediately. He liked also very much Stevie Ray Vaughan, which is making you already very special for me ;-) We will miss him in some days on the island. His brutal death at 54 was a real shock for everybody on the island.

This both persons had something in common: they were real profound nice and so kind guys and gentlemen, bringing love, humor, intelligence and support to other people and their family. Our current world is so full of disrespectful idiots and bastards, the mankind has not really won with these two losses…. On the other side, I am sure that all the people they have known will keep them in their heart, also as example. So do I!

So, if we would have needed a confirmation of our “life is too short”…

And this also, as a “brutal reminder” to say “I love you” to our beloved, again and again. Do not forget, it can be brutally just “too late”…