Another loss...

I came home tonight, and found an email from the anthro department in my inbox with the subject line of:

"to the friends of Brent"

and proceeded to read that my classmate from last year was found dead in his home this morning.

We don't know anything else at the moment around the circumstances of his death.

I can still see him standing in the student parking lot, next to another classmate, as we said our good-byes - he because he earned his M.A., and me because I was moving away.

We spent a fair amount of time in that parking lot after class, sharing ideas and stretching each other's thoughts to new places.

It seems I am getting message after message about how temporary our existence in this plane is.

It is fleeting.

Please try to remember to live fully in the moment as you go through your days.

And Brent, I will always treasure our parking lot conversations. May your new journey be filled with peace and love.