A eulogy is a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died. This definition doesnt propery convey how important the relationships between Bruce and Clarence was. It wouldn't be enough for me if one of my best friends was to die right now. Its still not enough for my cat who passed away after being part of my life for 16 of the 19 years I've lived. People or things that are a part of our daily lives are hard to live without. We as humans become so acustomed to what we have that we take for granted that they were there. When I lost my cat Sadie, who was a sister and a mother to me during the worste of times and the best of times, I was devistated. I couldn't get up for the first two days because I felt weak and out of place, incomplete like the homework I needed to do. However (as I feel Bruce would agree) we shouldn't hold onto the fact that a piece is missing rather we should accept the new puzzle and do our best to remember those who are no longer pieces. Bruce's quote, "Clarence doesn't leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die," is actually a really powerful line to my personal status. To remember that the living have lived thier lives and what they did was make an impact on us. Its our job now to take what they have given us; the memories, the lessons, the good times and the bad, and we need to remember those times and learn from them. Everyone will die eventually but as Clarence did for Bruce and as Sadie did for me, we need to leave and impact on those that surround us. We will leave something behind that defines who we are or what we stood for. The point of a eulogy is remember, to carve something out of our emotions so that others may remember the greatness and the life that they lived.