Deepest sympathies to Saintseester and her family

My friend Saintseester is burying her brother Doug today.  He had a heart attack at work on Monday.  He was 42 years old, which meets no reasonable definition of “old enough.”

What can you say but that you’re so sorry, and that you’re thinking of and praying for her family?  There’s nothing.  This is the only certainty.  Think of someone you love.  Unless you’re partial to rappelling into active volcanoes together or something, odds are excellent one of you shall face the loss of the other.

I never met Doug, but always kind of thought I would one day.  I know enough to say with confidence that his life wasn’t always smooth, but I also know enough to say that he had restored a lot of goodwill and fellowship in recent years.  And ‘seester has told me of things about me that remind her of him, and those weigh heavily on me today.

I hold Saintseester, her sister, their husbands and children, and their mother close in my heart today.  I wish you all peace.  May God comfort you.

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