James Kosmond

Still think about Kos, he helped make me the lawyer I am today even after 55 years being admitted to the bar. We really beat the best the US Govermnent had in the Block trial, they were so pissed they used the FBI to see if you or I spoke to the jury. Poor Losers. RIP Jim

Saw in the Tribune that Jim's law schoolmate and long time friend, Yale Bass, recently died. It is comforting to believe that Jim and Yale are now together in heaven enjoying a beer

I love you and miss you more each year Dad.

Dad,

Lisa said it so much better than I ever could.

It has to be harder for her because you guys lived close together and saw each other often.

That wasn't the case with me, and I am sorry.

But I miss you every day. I cannot watch the Sox or Cubs because it makes me too sad. I really loved when you were able to hear and we could watch a game, or a hockey thing, and comment on it in real time. I remember asking you about that guy, Ocho something or other? We...

Dad, Just wanted to tell you how much I miss you. Nothing is the same. No cubs win matters as much. Want to call you on my way home from work. See your picture and my heart hurts. You are a great soul. I think God gave you the pain that happened because you were strong enough to grow spiritually from it all. I imagine you, mom, Raymond and James all together sharing thoughts and I hope helping us figure things out here. I miss you so terribly. I love you so much. Your Lisa.

Dad loved his father, "Big Six" Butter and Eggs, a wholesale dairy distributor. He was proud of his father and looked up to his dad's toughness. Gramps had to quit school in 6th grade to help raise his siblings; he worked in the stockyards of Chicago breaking mustangs. I heard that story so many times. He loved his dad very much.