It has been almost exactly two and a half years since Bob's death, and over a year since my last entry. I had no idea that people were still visiting this site and posting tributes to Bob until my stepdaughter Michelle, the director of the Bob Moog Foundation, told me so. My chronic fatigue generally keeps me from using the internet.
I am so touched and grateful to know how much Bob meant and continues to mean to so many people. For my daughter Miranda and me he was as close to perfect a (step)father and husband as is humanly possible. Those qualities that we loved clearly affected the thousands of you who had only a brief encounter with him, but that made such a deep impression on you that the memory of it is still alive. It is traditional in Judaism to say, after mentioning the name of someone who is no longer alive, 'May his (or her) memory be for a blessing.' Bob's memory is a blessing for all of us who knew him, whether for a few moments or for years.
After Bob's death, I wondered about the fact that literally thousands of people were praying for him, visualizing healing, sending him light, etc., (so many of you wrote to this site and told us so) and yet he died. Did that mean that those prayers and good thoughts were ineffective? Despite my training as a philosopher, and my lifelong interest in and study of religion, I can't claim that my answer is correct, only that I've given it a lot of thought. I believe that everyone has something that they came into the world to do, and that we cannot keep them in this world after they've accomplished it and are ready to go. Bob worked steadily and with pleasure all his life, designing musical instruments that continue to give joy to millions. That was his mission, though he would never have used such a phrase himself. Even though we wanted him to stay, he had apparently done what he came to do. We couldn't keep him here, but our prayers and love are never wasted. I believe that he knows of them, is nourished by them, and continues to enjoy the music that he has made possible.
Thank you for keeping this site active and Bob's memory alive.
Ileana Grams-Moog
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