Bad News

I got some bad news today. A friend from high school died last summer. I found out about it reading an obituary in the high school newsletter. Not a close friend, you ask? In fact I felt very close to him. He was one of my favorite people, but he was one of those friends that I lose track of then find years later and we were able to pick up where we left off. I lost him a few years back and just always figured I'd find him again.

It give me a sense of loss and urgency. The loss is palpable not so much because he was a big part of my everyday life... I hardly ever talked to him... but instead it's the lost opportunities that I may have had to spend some time with him. The urgency stems from this... it's the urgency to take stock of other people I hold dear and make sure I contact them.