I just learned one of my classmates died yesterday. RIP Sandy.

[ohiosmith]

[Kali]

1. I am sorry, ohiosmith

sheesh so much sad news lately

[ohiosmith]

3. Thank you Kali! We thought we'd live forever! Maybe we will.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

2. I'm very sorry....

it's so difficult learning old friends are now gone...

[ohiosmith]

5. It is. Brings mortality home.

[hrmjustin]

4. So sorry to hearthis ohiosmith!

May she rest in peace.

[ohiosmith]

6. Thank you.

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. I've lost touch with ALL my old friends. The only silver lining in that...

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[ohiosmith]

14. Thank you MFM.

[NYC_SKP]

8. Sorry to hear this, ohiosmith.

[ohiosmith]

15. Thank you.

[opiate69]

9. You know... I remember, when my singer passed back in 2009...

I had just turned 40 that january, and he had just turned 39. I remember telling my wife, when I was a kid, whenever we saw my grandparents (God, they seemed so old even then... ), they were always talking about friends who had just recently passed, or were terminally sick... and I was saying, "Man, I'm too fucking young to start having these conversations with my friends ". Now, as time goes by, I think we're all too fucking young for that. My condolences, and may she rest in peace.

[ohiosmith]

16. Thank you.

[LeftInTX]

10. She's very pretty

I'm sorry....

[ohiosmith]

17. Yes she was. Thank you.

[In_The_Wind]

11. So very sorry that your friend is gone. May Sandy rest in peace.

It doesn't make it any easier but as we age this is part of our life to say ... Goodbye.

I am sorry ohiosmith.

[ohiosmith]

18. Thank you ITW.

[lunatica]

12. That's very sad

((((((((ohiosmith))))))))))

[ohiosmith]

20. Thank you.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Sorry for the loss.

[ohiosmith]

21. Thank you BB.

[clam happy]

19. I'm sorry.

[ohiosmith]

22. Thank you CH.

Welcome to DU.

[clam happy]

25. thank you ohiosmith

[grantcart]

23. I know the feeling. As my mother used to say, getting old isn't for sissies.

Just the other day I went to an alum website that showed my class had 17 classmates no longer with us while the years around us all had 5. I don't know if we had more deaths or more people in contact with updating the site.

Its funny how some pictures are so engaging and Sandy's is so engaging in a natural way. Anybody would have wanted to be friends with her. Sorry she is gone. May her passing help you appreciate those around you even more.

[ohiosmith]

24. Thank you.