Duffy was one of my closest and dearest friends while I was in college, he was like a brother to me and his parents are like a second set of parents. Last year when we returned home from vacation I opened my email to find the most horrific news. My good friend Duffy had passed away. Duff fought a courageous battle with renal failure and spent his last 2.5 years on dialysis. His funeral was a year ago on the 20th. For those of you who have not buried a close friend that was to young to die it is a very tough thing. I think about how hard it was to stomach the dx with Tatum and have no clue how hard it would be to bury you only child. As Bruce and MJ ( Duff's parents) face the second year without their baby my heart goes out to them. I wish I could tell MJ that it is going to get better but I do not know.What I do know
is that Duff is someone I am never going to forget.I imangin that I'll be telling my girls funny stories about us for years to come. Life certainly is not the same without this crazy character around. I know one thing Tatum and Em have one crazy angel in heaven looking after them. I miss you Duffy and so does everyone else, it is amazing how many lives you touched.
3 comments:
I feel sorry about Duffy... he could be a really dear boy!!!
It is scary that young people like us dies suddenly... One of our friends died a week ago in car-accident, but she had leucemia, so we'll never know if it was purposive or not....
Love, kati
How sad!
I had a wonderfully crazy friend pass away my senior year of high school in a horrible car accident. I am so very glad I got to know him for the short time he was here, and there are still many things that remind me of him and make me smile. Kind of sounds like your Duffy. I'm so sorry.
Hope you are feeling much better physically. I thought about you lots yesterday.
How sad... a friend of mine from college also passed away after graduation and I always catch myself thinking how much of life he has misssed out on. We're supposed to be old and gray when we are taken from our loved ones... when it is not that way it is too hard to understand.
Love -K
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