I guess I’m reaching that age. We knew each other in Middle School late 60’s early 70’s, but didn’t become close friends until college. Fun guy, good looking so we always had girls hanging around, but he always had first pick. He roomed with me for a couple years in our mid 20’s, but never bothered getting a job until he was nearly 30. He had finally gone back to college and got a job in IT. He was in my wedding back in 1993, but he was never good about staying in touch with his old friends, and eventually we drifted apart and hadn’t spoken in years.
But he was a heckuva character, and the stories I have are endless. Ironically, I always kept in contact with his mother, and whenever he was back in Iowa he would look up my dad and go golfing. Crazy considering he and I never talked.
I got a call last night from another old friend who I seldom speak to. He told me our mutual friend’s mom had died (this was the first time we didn’t get a Christmas card so I was worried about her) and one week later, after nobody could get a hold of him, the police went to his home for a wellness check and found him dead of an apparent heart attack. He was only 65, and had always been the fittest person I knew. I wonder if that had changed…
I realize this is a csb, but he’s my second very close friend to die, and I’m feeling maudlin.
But he was a heckuva character, and the stories I have are endless. Ironically, I always kept in contact with his mother, and whenever he was back in Iowa he would look up my dad and go golfing. Crazy considering he and I never talked.
I got a call last night from another old friend who I seldom speak to. He told me our mutual friend’s mom had died (this was the first time we didn’t get a Christmas card so I was worried about her) and one week later, after nobody could get a hold of him, the police went to his home for a wellness check and found him dead of an apparent heart attack. He was only 65, and had always been the fittest person I knew. I wonder if that had changed…
I realize this is a csb, but he’s my second very close friend to die, and I’m feeling maudlin.