Time and old friends

I’ve just found out that someone from my earliest memories passed away April of last year.  He was one of the first people to help my family and I when we first came here to these strange shores.  This passing along with my Grandmother, an old boss last year and my Parent’s dog this year leaves me bewildered.  I understand the effects of time at a subconscious and intellectual level, but it doesn’t prepare me better than anyone else in these situations.

All of the people mentioned above lived their life as well as each of them could given their circumstances.  I’m thankful to each of them for their contribution to my being.  I cannot express well enough how thankful, but I am.  One day my memory will dull, but their memory lives on because I am here.  Each generation holds the memory of the prior generation and in doing so honors them.  It was and will be with every new generation.  This great link of memory ultimately honors all of humanity and I am grateful to be in the link.