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Tom at the National Junior Duals in Oklahoma last year receiving the teams award
for 3rd Place in Greco-Roman. This was a very proud moment for Tom and for
Washington State. Thank you Don and Josh Thompson for sending this photo
to share.
  
Tom at the 2001 Cadet and
Junior Nationals
Tom Shaw, Washington State Wrestling Association State Chairman, collapsed and
died while returning from the Cadet and Junior Freestyle State Championships in
Spokane, Washington April 22nd, 2001 about 11:30 a.m.
A Memorial was held Monday, April
30th, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. at Marysville-Pilchuck High School Auditorium.
Flowers can be sent to the High School at:
5611 108th Street NE
Marysville, WA 98271.
Cards and
condolences can be mailed to The Shaw Family at:
12903 S.E. 38th St. Unit 102
Bellevue, WA. 98006
This is how we would describe you Tom, our
dearest friend.
~Chuck and Sherry Bullard~
The Perfect Heart
One day a young man was standing
in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in
the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it
was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly
was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud
and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at
the front of the crowd and said, "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful
as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was
beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed
and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several
jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces
were missing. The people stared -- how can he say his heart is more beautiful,
they thought?
The young man looked at the old
man's heart and saw its state and laughed. "You must be joking," he
said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of
scars and tears." "Yes," said the old man, "yours is perfect
looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a
person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it
to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty
place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges,
which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared.
Sometimes I have given pieces of
my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me.
These are the empty gouges -- giving love is taking a chance. Although these
gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these
people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have
waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with
tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his
perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the
old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his
heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the
wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some
jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more
beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They
embraced and walked away side by side
We will miss you deeply Tom you had the
perfect heart.
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