Ashton.

A year and a week ago I received a phone call from my old childhood friend Ashton. He was calling me to tell me our other friend Jay had passed away.

Today I got a phone call from my friend Grete. It was to tell me that Ashton had died.

I am searching within myself for some strength in this moment. I am devastated. Two of my best friends from childhood have died within a year and a week of each other. The relationships that I had with both of them will remain as some of the best and oldest friendships I've ever had and hope to have. I can not even begin to express the impression that these two made upon my childhood and entire life. I cannot begin to image my loss. I cannot begin to imagine life without them.