It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the death of Matt Ericson, one of the Scout Labs software engineers. Matt had been battling cancer since last fall, when he fell acutely and mysteriously ill on a vacation to Europe and very nearly did not make it home to be accurately diagnosed. We were grateful for his survival then, and hopeful that since the type of cancer he had (lymphoma) was a treatable kind, with a high survival rate, that this would be an episode of ill health in an otherwise long and happy life.
Matt died last Thursday at Stanford Hospital, which he had been in and out of for treatment over the last couple months. I’m still in shock. My own mental defenses against the worst outcome are still coming down. Each time I remember they crumble a little further and I cry a little more and think about how an early and untimely death exposes all that’s wrong with the universe, especially when the person in question was so funny, and goofy, and kind, and talented, and in love. At least he had Kristen and he was so very, very happy with her. It shone out of him. Look at him in this hat she knit for him. I love this picture.
Kirsten is organizing a celebration of Matt’s life for June 25 or 26 in San Francisco. The details will be posted on Matt’s blog, http://cancermatt.wordpress.com.
Matt, we miss you so much. Safe travels, brother.
This post put a long week in perspective for me.
I and the rest of Crimson Hexagon are sorry for and deeply saddened by your loss.