Death

I was saddened yesterday to discover that a past friend of mine passed away last year -- someone I hadn't seen in years, but this doesn't soften the sadness. 
And I happened upon this knowledge by accident --- googling in an attempt to see what old, long lost friends, were doing these days: and here was an obituary, "passed away after a courageous two year fight with cancer...", which I suspect is an unfortunately common line of text.

Yours, saddened,
N.