I found out today that a friend of mine passed away yesterday. Todd. He was 33 years old. I've known him almost all of my life. He was a little older than me, I was friends with his younger sister, Cynthia.
Some years ago he had kidney failure and had to have a donor kidney. He was on a lot of medication just to keep his body from rejecting the organ. The medicines had many bad side effects. I remember the last time I saw him; his ankles were swollen and his hands were shaky. He took what seemed to be handfuls of pills. He had to.
Todd was very nice. He loved to learn. He spent more years in college than a doctor but he only aquired many associates degrees, choosing to stay at the local community college. He couldn't go very far from home because of his health problems.
I remember having a conversation with him about my daughter. She was just a baby then. He said that someday she's going to have a lot of questions for you, like why is the sky blue. He was right. She's very inquisitive.
I'm going to miss him. I find it hard to believe that I will never see him again. I didn't want to cry when I found out, but eventually I did. He must be among the angels now.
Posted by elsie at December 5, 2003 11:52 PM