MY NAME IS LOLA, MARK CONTACTED ME ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO. HE SAID HE WANTED HIS MOM TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO AND TO SHARE HER GRIEF WITH, AND HE ASKED ME TO BECOME HER PEN-PAL OR FRIEND.. JO AND I HAVE BECOME FRIENDS SHARING EACH OTHERS GRIEF. THE FEW TIMES I TALKED TO MARK THROUGH EMAIL, I COULD TELL HE WAS A PERSON WITH A LOT OF LOVE IN HIS HEART FOR HIS FELLLOW MAN. HE SENT ME THE PICTURES OF BILL AIDS PANEL AND TOLD ME HE AND BILL LOVED TO TRAVEL. THEN HE SENT ME THE BEAUTIFUL POEM HIS NEICE HAD WRITTEN FOR UNCLE BILL. IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS HIS MOTHER HAS KEPT ME INFORMED AS TO HOW HE WAS DOING, AND I KNEW FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF MY SON DYING OF AIDS RELATED COMPLEXES THAT MARK DIDNT HAVE LONG.. MARK DID PUT UP A HECK OF A FIGHT AGAINST THE DREADED DISEASE. THE WORLD HAS LOST A TRULY WONDERFUL FRIEND, SON, BROTHER, LOVER AND UNCLE.