Feeling Sad

I'm feeling sad since I lost a close friend last Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, to a stroke. I feel sad since I didn't even know he was in the hospital. The last time we spoke was on his birthday on September 30, 2009.

My friend was Charles Humpston. He was a former choir director at the church I attend and from there we became close friends. He was a very musically talented person who loved his two dogs, opera, and his family. His dogs, Rocco and Jimmy, were his close companions. When he talked about them, he called them his friends.

I shall miss Charles very much. I know he is in a better place, but still I am feeling sad.