Huge tears pooled in my eyes but, amazingly, for 15 minutes, they did not fall.
They were stoic.
Just like my friend, John Jarrard.
As I sat at a table in a sequined dress for a black-tie event, I watched the video that honored that wonderful man.
There are many stories I could tell about him but the one that stuck stubbornly in my head for those 15 minutes was the day I met him and began a lasting fr…