I met Matthew on our first medical school."firm" and we bonded over our shared bewilderment and "conscious incompetence" and remained close through the years that followed. Matthew was big in every way as everyone has said, and most of all big in heart and goodwill allied to an energy and an intelligence that projected those qualities out into the world to the benefit of so many.
To give a few specifics that come to mind I remember Matt dad-dancing to Blue Monday at some long-ago party long before he became a dad; his Gunners obsession through a bit of thick and a lot of thin, his infamous stag do, and walking most of 27 miles along the Grand Union Canal to get a free pint of Guinness almost 40 years ago.
And of course from the very earliest time we met there was no Matt without Donya; the archetypal rock-solid partnership through the good times and the challenging ones.
You leave a big gap in so many hearts, such sadness, and so magnified by the untimeliness of your departure... but you wisdom, humour and love will live in in our memories for all our days and, what's more, your example of self-deprecation and service to others will continue to inspire us .
Love, love, love.
Bruce
I met Matthew on our first medical school."firm" and we bonded over our shared bewilderment and "conscious incompetence" and remained close through the years that followed. Matthew was big in every way as everyone has said, and most of all big in heart and goodwill allied to an energy and an intelligence that projected those qualities out into the world to the benefit of so many.
To give a few specifics that come to mind I remember Matt dad-dancing to Blue Monday at some long-ago party long before he became a dad; his Gunners obsession through a bit of thick and a lot of thin, his infamous stag do, and walking most of 27 miles along the Grand Union Canal to get a free pint of Guinness almost 40 years ago.
And of course from the very earliest time we met there was no Matt without Donya; the archetypal rock-solid partnership through the good times and the challenging ones.
You leave a big gap in so many hearts, such sadness, and so magnified by the untimeliness of your departure... but you wisdom, humour and love will live in in our memories for all our days and, what's more, your example of self-deprecation and service to others will continue to inspire us .
Love, love, love.
Bruce
