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My last best friend died last September. Naval Academy, Marine Colonel, my neighbor across the street. I have no one to talk to about him. Forgive me for posting about him.
We were having cocktails, and Delbert McClinton's When Rita Leaves came on. This big guy teared up. I wanted to ask him about it. However, I thought discussing it would not be helpful, and I let it lie.
It came on iTunes this morning, and I teared up.
So sorry for your loss.
ReplyDeleteThanks Stevie. With all my health issues, it's ironic that I am the last man standing. After a certain age, you don't make new friends.
DeleteI just visited an old friend yesterday who is in Hospice. We spent time talking over old times and where we have been and what we have done. It reminded me of something a friend said to me years ago. The hardest thing about getting old is losing your best friends. There are things between us that are impossible to relate to others. I'm sorry for your loss.
ReplyDeleteThanks. He was an outstanding person. After he retired from the Marines, he was the head of HR for one of the largest utilities in the SE. Off the street to head of HR. How many men can manage that? An ice storm brought two trees down, blocking our street. I find 70-year-old Frank is taking care of it. I liked his story of getting back on the Naval Academy grounds. The walls were whitewashed, but if you could pole vault over the walls, your pants would not give you away.
DeleteSo sorry for your loss; it is hard to loose friends who share your history and experiences for sure. I think we can and do make new friends, but it is not the same… on so many levels.
ReplyDeleteOK the Redhead got my attention but the story of your best friends passing got to me more.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for you loss but I can empathize with you. In recent months I’ve lost two long time friends and just thus morning I heard of another now in his final days in hospice.
My only regrets are not having kept in better touch with all of them. Family life, work and in all cases distance kept us apart. It’s sad when you only see each other at another’s funeral.
I never had that many close friends and these days the chances of new ones are exceptionally slim.
Don’t feel you’re alone my friend. You’ve got your friends here.