Last week was a tough one. I learned on Monday that a good friend of mine for over 25 years was killed a few years ago. I was online trying to track him down and came across his sister's Senior thesis at Yale University. I found an email address for her and communicated, and she told me that he had passed. Malik Gibson and I were friends since the 4th grade in a suburb of Cincinnati and we had kept in touch over the years even though he and his mom left during the 5th grade. I last spoke to Malik in late 2003 after the birth of my son and we laughed and joke at how we are getting old now. I had planned on visiting Malik in Denver in '04, but as usual, life just kept getting more and more hectic and I was unable to see him. Malik's sister stated that he died in early '05 and I immediately thought about the birth of my daughter who was born in February of '05. Why was I too busy to go and see a friend? An America West plane ticket would not have put me in the poor house and my wife would've given me a weekend pass to visit a friend.
I visited friends in Indianapolis this past weekend and it really cemented the notion of how important it is to keep your really close friends close. Work, bills, stress and life. Take a break and remember what is important. R.I.P Malik Gibson!
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