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Sorry about your loss. Hang in there. I'm really sorry-- you must feel so shocked and upset. It's just so terrible when a young person dies. I'm very sorry for your loss. Al. Dear Kelsey,
Sometimes life, and death, make no sense at all. An idea that crosses my mind is to write out your fondest memory of him and send it to his parents...
Laurie I'm so sorry that your friend died so young. I agree with Laurie's suggestion that you write to his parents about your interactions with him. When my father died, my mother got a letter like that from someone I remembered as a neighborhood kid. I found out that he had spent a lot of time with my father, talking, learning to play chess, learning science, and just having fun. My father gave him a book on learning to play chess, and he has used it with his own son. I learned so much about my father that I hadn't known, and I saw some of the good in my father that he had not shared with me. I stayed up and cried over that letter all night. I felt as if I'd spent the night with my father's ghost. The letter helped my healing tremendously. Thanks for all your wonderful thoughts, everyone.