Sorry folks my mind really hasn't been focused these last few days

[mrcheerful]

as cancer claimed the life of my best friend of 54 years on June 2nd, we went from diapers to the teen years to adult hood. We voted together to see Clinton elected as well as watching Regan being elected which made us vote D every year since. I know that death was a blessing for him after Chemo, but it also allowed him to enjoy his favorite drug, weed, he went from smoking it to liquid form. 54 years, my entire life, has left so many memories of good times and bad, we shared laughs as well as sadness, heart ache and injuries, his passing left a big gaping hole in my life and I doubt if I can ever find anyone to fill it nor am I going to try. It strikes me as ironic that he was the healthy one who 25 years ago gave up cigarettes, while I on the other hand was the risk taker, 6 cars that should have taken my life, I survived, 2 years ago I had a heart attack, we laughed at how much I went through and never let it stop me from enjoying my life. I am really feeling his loss but know life goes on.

[malaise]

1. Deepest sympathy Mr Cheerful

That's hard. :grouphug:

[LiberalLoner]

2. I'm so sorry for your loss. n/t K&R

[GoCubsGo]

3. I'm so sorry.

Most of my friends aren't around because of distance. I can't imagine them being gone altogether. Hugs.

[livetohike]

4. My sympathy on the loss of your best friend

:hug: I hope the memories you have cause more smiles and laughs in the days ahead and no one can take those away from you. Your friend will always be alive in your memory and the times good and bad that you shared will always be a part of your life.

[Little Star]

5. Sorry for your loss. It has to be very hard. Take care of yourself. n/t

[hfojvt]

6. bummer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOy028qN-kc

[Stinky The Clown]

7. That's a tough one.

Really tough.

:hug:

[truedelphi]

8. My heart goes out to you. Sad your very close friend passed on.

Hope you are able to remember the good (and bad) times.

The real obstacle about getting older is seeing the close friends pass away, And more and more often, they are going away younger than even our parents' generation did.

I have no idea how we go on. Getting new friends as genuinely concerned about us seems harder ever minute.

[XanaDUer]

9. Condolences

It's never easy.

[Odin2005]

10. My God, I'm so sorry!

:hug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. sorry about your loss

[kentuck]

12. Life goes on but...

...we know it will never be the same without our friends or loved ones. So sorry to hear of your loss.

[democrank]

13. So sorry for your loss

May he rest in peace.

[EFerrari]

14. I'm so sorry for your loss, mr cheerful.

It sounds like you had a wonderful friend. Some people really are irreplaceable. :hug:

[mrcheerful]

15. Thank you fellow D's, liberal's and progressive's. Yes there are so many good times to remember

and the bad memories are far fewer then the good. It was a wild life up until we both settled down these last 8 years, he found his future wife one month before I met my SO and they was amazed at how much we went through together without ever losing friendship. There was a trust between us that few ever experience, we knew that when the chips were down we had 1 person that came through time after time. In 54 years we had 1 fight when we were 10, after 15 minutes we called it a drawl and went out into the woods to share a cigarette, that was what we continued to do whenever we had a disagreement, sometimes we would wait a year or two to give whatever it was a chance to be forgotten, then it would go back to the way it was before the disagreement. It was a great friendship.

Edited it to add, I only remember 3 times where we screwed each other over and really it was a matter of choice of who we decided to hang around, when you hang with 1 person 24/7 for 10 years you need a break away from that person but after a year or 2 you really start missing that person because new friends never measure up.