Loss of a friend

Today I lost a good friend. My friend, Tim Twigg, passed away last night and will be greatly missed. At only 50 years old, he certainly was much too young to move on from this world to eternity. Yet I give thanks for the comfort that only God can provide in the context of forever.

In addition to being my friend I also worked for Tim, he was my boss. Granted, we did not always agree at the office. Through these times however, we always were friends. Often times this was more of mentor/student relationship, and even at times was more of a father/son relationship. As many times you knew that he was looking out for you, had a few words of advice, a wise story to tell or of course... to just plainly let you know that there is a better way.

There was never any doubt that Tim was in fact a good man with a good heart. Not only did he speak loudly at times but also his actions spoke this truth much louder then any of his words.

In the many years that I have known Tim, we have had so many great discussions. I would imagine that we must have discussed just about every topic. I find it hard to believe that we would have ever run out of things to talk about and now I struggle to believe we will not have these talks again.

There is much that I find difficult to understand about this sudden event. I suppose there may indeed be things that I never understand about this tragedy. Nevertheless it is clear that today I lost a good friend.