Do you remember Scott?

Last night I didn't get home until late.  Joe came to meet me with the iPad in his hand.  "Do you remember Scott?" he asked.  Of course I remember Scott.  He was your roommate the year we met.  Joe told me he has been thinking of Scott recently and trying to find what he is doing.  Scott was never a technology social media type of guy.  This made it hard to know where he was and what he was up to.  Last we had heard was a card years ago that he and his wife had adopted a daughter.  

Joe went to Henry's house for dinner and he mentioned to Henry he was looking for Scott.  Henry and his wife started googling Scott. Unfortunately it wasn't hard for them to find him.  When they googled his name Scott's obituary from four months ago came up.  At the age of 51 he had died of cancer.  It was such a shock.

Yes, we lost touch a really long time ago.  In my mind though all our college friends and acquaintances are well and healthy.  Sure we all have problems and maybe some a few aches and pains.  It was a shock to see one had died.  I really thought Joe would be the first one of our college friends to go.  Knowing Scott was gone made it both harder and easier.  No Joe is not the first one.  Another family has already gone through a battle and lost their loved one.  We would not be the first.  Yet, it also made Joe's struggles more real somehow.  Scott's family had fought their battle like we are fighting ours.  Neither one of us is going to win.  We are both going to lose.  

Scott's battle was much shorter than Joe's due to what we read.  We have had more time already since we received the diagnosis.  Again, you realize how much to live everyday.  The battle is still ours to fight.