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sadly, all too familiar.
they sound like a great bunch of guys.
(give me the ball vision63, i'm clear!)
i am sorry for your losses.
may the many good times offer a breath of solace to you and their families.
stay strong.
stay well.
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Hang in there. It sucks because it seems like when we get to a certain age it seems to snowfall.
Also without going into too much details last Winter I was losing like one old friend per month for four frickin' months. It was like every time I got a call from a number I recognized but don't hear often I didn't even want to answer. i got one old friend right now on a ventilator due to Covid, it's not looking good.
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Oddly, I was going to post about losing my friends' parents, people that helped raise me in our neighborhood, on our street, like a village (a crazy village). You were raised by the grandparents and other parents that lived with you and watched you from the porches. I mourn those people now and those days.
V, my most sincere condolences on your losses.
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Worst part of living is seeing those you love die. My deepest condolences.
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>Instead of kicking us out, he told us to go check out the running backs and tell him which ones we liked the best.
^That. Is. AWESOME! What a special memory for you.
I am so sorry for the loss of your buddies. I have a similar gang (6 of us) who I know despite their endless sh*tblowing always have each other's back in a heartbeat. Two are Sicilian so that makes for interesting payback. (Years later in some cases, at least payback within the group.)
They all mostly live in STL and I've been in KC the past 20+ years, but since reconnecting in the late '90s, we see each other several times a year. There's a daily text thread that is full of the most thoughtless (to the uninitiated) and caring things that men (at least this group) can allow themselves to utter.
My heart goes out to you, vis. I do believe we will see those close to us again.
