Paul:

First --- allow me to offer my condolences for the sudden loss of your cherished coworker --- really sorry to hear that, brotherman.

That's one of the mysteries of life --- how some can begrudge the world seemingly for-EVER and yet others have the experience for only but a moment.

I too had an experience like this when my best friend from high school drowned over Memorial Day weekend of our senior year. I did the eulogy at his funeral and it was something that I will never forget.

I still misss Robert --- I wonder what he would have been like as an adult, parent, husband, etc.

Life's *strange* sometimes . . .

KDB = Buffalo, NY USA