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The Loss of a Friend
By Nick | April 23, 2008
Last night my mother called me crying. The first thing I thought was…”oh god…what has happened to my sisters?” She goes on to tell me that one of her good friends had passed away on Monday night. He was only 58 years old. I hung up the phone and rushed over to be with her. Its really hard and strange to see a parent in pain like that and it really affected me pretty deeply.
All sorts of emotions rushed out about my own friends’ and family members’ mortality. I began to wonder how something like that would affect me and how I would deal with something like that. Now that I think about it, I was wondering this a few weeks ago when my friend Bill’s father passed away. This one was a little closer to home for me though.
My mom’s friend, Steve, was a great guy. He had a tremendous laugh…loud, distinct and deep. I can hear it in my head now. I remember him as being funny…almost obnoxious, but not quite. I didnt know him all that well, but the times that I did spend with him I enjoyed. His career was in the field of epidemiology and about 4 or 5 years ago he had to quit work because he had just suffered from several heart attacks.
My sister’s, Callie and Shelby grew up with his twin daughters for the most part….since kindergarten anyways. They would spend many afternoons after school at their house and many summers together…for several years.
Now that I think about it, Steve and his family were really a part of ours. I feel for his family.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
It makes me sad to think of all the heartache you still have coming, and sad to say that I am a veteran of heartache and loss of family and friends. I do think that is why I feel more of a sense of urgency than you to take vacations, to spend loads of time together, to say I love you all the time, to take time off work just because you feel like it, to buy something you don’t even need…because when it is too late it is just too late.