JIM, R.I.P.

We buried a friend today.

Visitation at the funeral home was Tuesday night.
Burial from the Church was Wednesday morning.

A surgical procedure which should have gone well got derailed by an infection.

Bad things happen to good people.

We did not know him long enough.

But that’s how it is with folks you are growing close to. You never know them long enough.

I am reminded of the greeting on our annual Christmas Letter:

CHRISTMAS
Ah Friends, dear friends, as years go on
And heads get gray
Touch hands, touch hands, with those that stay.

Take a little time and touch a hand or two.