It is crazy how fleeting it is...
I lost a very close friend 3 weeks ago.
A bunch of friends were having dinner at a restaurant in Tampa to celebrate a birthday. I didn't go because my wife was out of town and it was all couples...Plus we all had plans to get together the following weekend - figured we'd just catch up with everyone then.
So after dinner he and his wife head home. Get in the front door and he collapses. The neighbor, who is a nurse, runs over and begins CPR on him - no dice.
EMT's show up, load him up and take him to the hospital, but he was DOA.
Massive heart attack.
42 years old - no health problems other than he could have afforded to lose a few pounds (don't we all).
A real salt of the earth kinda guy - never bitched or complained about anything - in fact we all talked after the wake to discover that none of us could recall a single moment when they guy didn't have a smile on his face - loved every breath of life - I think about him every single day, especially when I get frustrated w/ something - I fell like he's looking over my shoulder laughing his ass off
11-23-2010, 08:57 AM
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