"I read the news today, oh boy..."1
I lost a dear friend this week and the world lost an amazingly brilliant and shining soul. While speaking with some 20-something friends of mine this week, I told them to embrace this time of their lives...when the news involves marriages and babies instead of illnesses, divorces and deaths.
Life is short and we are responsible for our choices and our actions. My friend who passed away lived an inspirational life. He shared his energy and vitality with everyone who had the honor of knowing him.
We first met in private piano class when we were 6 and 7. Throughout our school years, we ran into one another every now and then. We had many friends in common and, more than anything, we had performing and music in common.
Years passed and, like so many others, we reconnected through social media. It was a joy to reconnect and fill in the blanks created over more than two decades. As the mother of a child with special needs, he connected me with a friend of his who was dealing with similar issues in her own life. With his passing, I immediately thought of my connecting with her...a minor legacy if you will.
My lesson, yet again, is to treasure every moment. The day I learned my friend had passed, my daughter turned thirteen. Life races by, the days turn into months and the years slip by. I try to hold my loved ones close, but sometimes, inexcusably, life gets in the way. Losing a lifelong friend is a wake-up call...but it should not take such an extreme event to remember how precious our friends and loved ones are.
To my departed friend, I treasure my memories of you and your spirit lives on with so many of us. Thank you for the light you shined on us all.
1. A Day In The Life lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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