One of my friends from my hometown just called me to let me know he'd just recieved a Facebook invite to a group regarding the passing of our best friend from middle school. He died in a bike accident about a week after he came home from Iraq. This was 6 months ago.
We were best friends with him in middle school until his family moved at the end of 7th grade. We stayed in touch, but got very distant after we graduated high school. The last I knew he was going to basic. He was a wonderful man, a great friend - I'm grieving the loss of a great guy. I would love to send his family a sympathy card, but I almost feel like 6 months after is reaching the mark where it looks like I knew and waas too lazy to send one out when it happened.
I joined the group and wrote on the wall, as did my friend, but we are hesitating about doing more. What would you do? How would you feel if you were the family who recieved that card, 6 months after the fact? Would it rip open a wound, or be another step towards healing? I'm at a loss.
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