This is the story of my 51 year friendship with an extraordinary man, Bob Earll. Our kinship brought us closer than if we were brothers, one that literally on several occasions saved my life. Put simply, Bob was the kindest, most honest, affirming, enriching, courageous, inspirational-and sometimes difficult, irascible, and outrageous- man I've ever known. In short, he had the courage to seek out who he really was, and to be real and true to himself...