From an alum feeling sad/melancholy
(Details are intentionally vague so I don't dox myself or the alum of whom I am writing)
I graduated from Reed a "long* time ago. I got my alumni magazine yesterday, put it on the kitchen counter, opened it to a random page.....and the first item I saw was an In Memorium for another alum.
Horrible for them and their family.
They were my S.O. for a time while I was at Reed. We had fabulous times together including a school break trip to San Francisco and a winter break trip for two weeks in Europe.
We broke up amicably but stayed friends. We met once for lunch in D.C. almost 10 years after graduation. Years after that I was on a trip that included the city where they were living. I wanted to meet up again but they were away visiting relatives.
It's hard to read that while sitting in the kitchen next to my spouse (married forever) who I met just a couple of years after graduating. Do say how sad I feel about someone who had been the most important person in my life? Treacherous waters, to be sure.
No real point to this, just venting.
I hope you have a good day.