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"We're at that age......."

 ......where shit happens. He's not wrong,  However, when the hits come in the traditional "threes" it can be a bit much.  Funny about the threes. It seems to be a real thing. It was Bonnie who suggested I get it out on paper. it does help. A few weeks ago, I was sitting next to my neighbor-friend's Mom drinking and busting chops.  At 72, she is gone.  My first friend, also a neighbor, who I literally have known since birth, gone at 62. And while he and I had not been connected in decades, his sister is one of my besties  Her loss is my loss.  As an empath, I feel that shit. Deep. And now Cindy. Cindy and I met while I was running in Milwaukee what seems like 100 years ago.  We struck up an immediate and deep friendship.  I tried to encourage, motivate and keep her moving, but she struggled. I saw her last summer when I was home for USAT Nationals. Was it last year?   It started with cervical cancer, which is not necessarily a death...