this afternoon i got a one line text from my wife
a friend we hadn’t seen in a while passed away
even though i hadn’t seen him in years, it was a gut punch
in fact, Karen and i were talking about friends recently and he was part of that conversation. great memories.
but, things change. people lose touch, move, all kinds of other things
that’s life
but change…life…doesn’t lessen the punch to the gut when a friend passes
i have an assurance that i will see him again
but that assurance doesn’t remove the punch to the gut
though it should