The Goodbye

We are all very cognizant of the fact that death is inevitable, but we somehow manage to hide it away in some dark recess of our minds. This deep dark place where we hide death is very far removed from our every day life; so much so that we never prepare ourselves for its appearance. Death will come, it will claim me, you, our loved ones and acquaintances.

He loved to joke around, tell funny stories, sing karaoke, play soccer and he absolutely loved my sister.

Two days ago I lost someone I’ve known since I was about 12 years old. He was an amicable, funny guy – sometimes inappropriately so! I seem to remember several instances of my sister saying “Stan shush!” in the middle of one of his stories because she knew exactly where it was going since she’d heard it several times before. He loved to joke around, tell funny stories, sing karaoke, play soccer and he absolutely loved my sister. They were married for the past 30 years and were very much in love with each other up until the day he died.

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