I graduated from a small USAF high school. There were only 52 of us in the graduating class. This was quite the change from the school I moved from where we had 1000 in each class. But with 52 you knew everyone.
A few months back my fellow editor (she was yearbook, I was paper) Nic died suddenly from a aneurism. She was 51. We still chatted online about our families and kids. Talked about meeting up on one of our trips, but there was always time.
Today I learned Mike died. Mike showed up half way thru my Jr year and everyone thought he was a narc. Guy was 200+ lbs of bodybuilder, hairier than a gorilla, and already had a receding hair line and wore Miami Vice suits. No one was going to talk to the narc. Except that you immediately loved the guy. You just had to. He was in every club from the gifted program to the football team and fit in with everyone. After HS he headed off to the Air Force Academy and only managed a few years in service before a medical discharge for fighting and beating a brain tumor. He got back to living and married his HS sweetheart. She's been with him the last 6 months at the VA hospital while he battled again.
Getting old sucks. Cancer sucks. Losing friends sucks.
A few months back my fellow editor (she was yearbook, I was paper) Nic died suddenly from a aneurism. She was 51. We still chatted online about our families and kids. Talked about meeting up on one of our trips, but there was always time.
Today I learned Mike died. Mike showed up half way thru my Jr year and everyone thought he was a narc. Guy was 200+ lbs of bodybuilder, hairier than a gorilla, and already had a receding hair line and wore Miami Vice suits. No one was going to talk to the narc. Except that you immediately loved the guy. You just had to. He was in every club from the gifted program to the football team and fit in with everyone. After HS he headed off to the Air Force Academy and only managed a few years in service before a medical discharge for fighting and beating a brain tumor. He got back to living and married his HS sweetheart. She's been with him the last 6 months at the VA hospital while he battled again.
Getting old sucks. Cancer sucks. Losing friends sucks.