A friend is gone

A friend — acquaintance, really — has passed on.  She was a retired school teacher, a skilled woman with many talents and a zest for life that seemed unbounded.  And that was just the briefest surface impression…

It’s tough when a new acquaintance leaves, and all the things you could have talked about, enjoyed, shared –  it’s never going to happen.

How do you effectively mourn someone you only just started to know and appreciate?

It’s more than just the mourning of a friend, it’s mourning all the things you never had a chance to learn and do.

My friend, I will miss you.  We will miss you.