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Only the Good Die Young?

Tonight I lost a friend that I've had since elementary school.  I have so many conflicting emotions right now.  I'm mad and I'm sad and I'm devastated and my heart absolutely aches for the two little girls who have been left behind.  I've walked that path and I know the heartache of your daddy missing all of the big moments in your life - prom, graduation, going to college, getting married, having children.  I wouldn't wish that fate on my worst enemy.  My friend was only forty years old.  He served our country as a young Marine and then re-enlisted in the Guard after 9/11.  He did not die in combat, but he wasn't afraid to do so.  I give thanks for him, his spirit, and others like him. Because of men and women like him, I am free to write whatever the hell I want out in here in cyberspace or just about any other place where I feel so inclined.  Tonight I'll have a beer, listen to some classic Zeppelin, and remember the good times that I shared with my friend.  I pray that his soul finds the peace that it struggled to find here.  I don't think that Billy Joel was completely right because plenty of other "good" live to a ripe old age and we still miss the hell out of them.
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