What you don't think about is that friends will die. You forget that death is also a part of life. It's what happens when a life has been carried out.
Since moving here a number of people I know, with varying degrees of intimacy, have died. Earlier today I found out about a few more guys I knew when I was young - they were troubled and had short, difficult lives. It was surprising but not shocking - and it made me pause a moment to reflect upon my own mortality. But, in the few hours that have passed my story has changed.
Today, right now, this very minute, I am mourning the loss of another woman, one whom mattered more to me than she knew, Lucy Thomas. She was the mother/mother-in-law/grandmother of our friends - a three generation family living together back home. She was in many ways like another grandmother to Coral. She was kind and funny, thoughtful, strong willed and intelligent - and she cared deeply for those around her. We are lucky to have been included in her love's sphere.
It's a little hard to envision the household without her. My heart and prayers and love are all headed back to her family. I love you all so much, and I miss you, right this moment, more than I ever imagined possible.
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