We carry on. We use these wonderful people as role models. I don't believe that ANYTHING is an accident.
If Tonk was an example to you, know that God put him in your life for a reason.
Ditto my sentiments.
However I refuse to let the world turn......
I insist on time for losing loved ones.
Tonk was well respected here and I have other hero’s never got to know Tonk other than he was my nieghbor to the south here on the Oregon Coast.
I was proud of the choices he made when he chose his medical therapy.
Heck we have lost and nearly lost so many dear folks on/off the internet that it is a blessing that friends from decades ago have begun to enjoy each other again.
We were young Christian parents now we are at the Sr. age and nothing said but we are hanging out and talking/loving in such a more mature way then we were young lassies.
Time is a gift in that we get wisdom and grace but with blessings comes stark reality of what is coming and upon our trust and faith with hope we live. OP