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Tommy Metz posted a condolence
Thursday, May 17, 2018
What's in a life? When does it begin? What constitutes life? These are questions that plaque our society. And are the cause of much debate.
My Uncle passed away last week following a lengthy illness. His later years were a struggle; He first suffered from Kidney Cancer, followed by the failure of the remaining kidney and lastly enduring the life of a dialysis patient. To say that my Uncle and I were close would be a farce…. I scarcely knew the guy growing up…. The result of a misunderstanding… John was a unique but genuine individual… he was always true to himself.. I think if you could have took a snapshot of him as a child and him as a old man… few things would have changed… maybe a few more gray hairs. But not much else. In my heart I know John sincerely was a good guy. I think at his core, he loved others and wanted love in return. John loved many things in this world, Bluegrass, Country Music, Boots (Cowboy Boots), Dogs, Cars, Trucks, Tractors…Westerns, Stories.. And Friends… I think that's the thing he loved most in life….Relationships.
As I stated before I really didn't know John as a child…I really only got to know him over the last few years of his life. I purchased property next to John and we became "neighbors". Now John was, well how the best way to put it….a junk collector is. He just had trouble getting rid of what others would call junk. To John they had value. They were treasure. I suffer from the same sickness… not to the same extent mind you, because all of my stuff is of value…. (I hope you caught the sarcasm) Sadly John had become almost a hoarder… I joke about the Junk collection, but his living condition really had gotten bad. He had a path into and out of his house. And to make matters worse his health had detreated and even if he was willing, he wasn't able to clean up after himself… I decided that in order to better the view from my property, as well has help him, I'd clean up his yard. This became a meticulous job… John is this good? "Oh yeah don't through that away" how about this? "keep it"… and this? "Well, someone could get some use out of it"
I ask questions and I love stories, it's one of my best or worse qualities… depending on whom you ask. During these cleanup sessions I would ponder Johns life.. I don't know if he knew it or not, but many of the stories I had heard from my Dad and others… but I liked his perspective. John never was at fault… in any of his stories. It was always a result of some unforeseen circumstance… Through these stories, we formed a relationship, he was the story teller and I was the listener (Sometimes in life you learn so much, just by listening) needless to say I enjoyed the time I spent with him getting to know him and making up for lost time…. John loved telling stories to someone who would listen, it's funny, the more I allowed him to talk, the lesser his grip came on the junk he collected…
John's life mattered….. Some would say john wasted so many years… and I think if you could have seen his Heart... He would have admitted it too… but John's life did count, he was a unique, one of a kind person.
There is a picture I've seen of John on a horse as a child… this isn't anything new to a child who grew up in the 50's in most small towns in the U.S. John proudly sat atop his horse, a happy trouble free child, looking for adventure. John would have gladly traded his life in today's world to be a cowboy in the old west. The last time I saw John.. the day before he passed away, he was the same old guy I had known… Belt buckle on, copper bracelet, turquoise ring.. He knew death was near, so did I, but who wants to talk about death?… As he sat up in bed I started the topic, "I was at a car show the other day and saw a 63 Ford" Johns eyes perked up, for the duration of our visit he wasn't a 71 year old man, who had been told he only had 3-6 months to live.. He was a teenager looking for adventure…I hope he found it..
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018
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