I don't even know how to respond, but what I do know is from the first day of high school, Mr. Sams picked me up. It was opening day at Madison High, I was nervous, and full of anxiety and I sat and talked to Mr. Sams about going to a high school where there were so many people. Fall of 1974, Mr. Sams told me not to be afraid of new beginnings,to embrace them. I did and I embraced him from that day on. I saw him not two months ago walking along Bailey St. and I stopped and told him 37 years later, exactly how much he meant to me then and now. Mr. Sams you have embarked on a new beginning today, and it's one where we'll never have to get old, never feel pain, nor fear, nor grief forever more. Enjoy Heaven my friend.