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Saying goodbye to each of them was about an artless a day as I'd ever care to spend. Plenty of unlit nights as well.
FWIW, pulled my gold turtleneck, *then* remembered the date, changed clothes.
Never heard of N. w/o L. or D. w/o A., but served on an AIDS care-team ministry at my church for a few years. Ronnie -- sweet, quiet, irreverent, mordantly funny -- was hard to lose. Elaine left behind three daughters -- I was pretty pi$$ed at G*d for awhile afterward. I finally quit the team after Wendy. We'd known each other thru 5th grade, most of middle school. Not really buds, but it was just a bit much.