A good friend's loss.

It is an incredible challenge to lose a loved one. Add to that a close friend also losing a loved one... well... that's just a bonus level of pain. But, and I do think this is strange, there does seem to be some unusual solace in the simple feeling of commiseration over such things. In an odd semi-coincidence, the friend that I am referring to also lost his mother relatively recently(about one year before Mom passed) and we were able to share some empathetic moments because of that as well. I am just highly grateful to have such good friends in my life... maybe because of the similar types of trials we can each face on our own and occasionally together.