Stephen Simon Bailey

Ich werde dich nie vergessen!

On a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Abendakademie I heard your voice, stopped before the classroom door, and listened. I heard your voice, together with the voices of a dozen happy children, breaking into song, all as beautiful and bright as the sunlight shining through the windows and you Stephen, you put a smile on my face.

And it was not just that Saturday: every day you put a smile on people’s faces, every day you gave so much to so many, and they are thankful, thankful to have been taught by the best teacher they will ever know: they are thankful to have known you.

I thank you, too, Stephen. I thank you for your friendship. I thank you for the fun. I thank you for the laughter.

You always were, and always will be, a bright, shining light.