Nick

I woke before dawn today. My thoughts were on a young man who died just about a year ago. I had delivered the eulogy in his memorial service, and in that delivery his death became part of my life. I have never forgotten him. His Facebook page is still active and I found myself there just a moment ago looking at the pictures, the friends, and the plans. He is frozen in this technological place, always just about ready to graduate from college. The organic process of decay and disintigration have no hold in this digital world. He appears so amazingly alive! Yet, he is dead. Yes, he is dead. I never knew him living, but I miss him all the same.