Date: Dec 31, 2015
Blog: Goodbye Gustav!
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Dec 31, 2015 / Goodbye Gustav!
Gustav is the best friend we’ve ever had. He was a brother. When Eric told his mother this, she took his hand, smiled proudly and replied, “Many people have told me that.”
He died on Christmas day, a full moon. With his death, we’re appreciating our friendship over the years as we never could before. The poet, Whyte, observes that over the years, a close friendship will always reveal the shadow in the other as much as ourselves. To remain friends we must know the other and their difficulties… and encourage the best in them… thus subtly discouraging what makes them smaller, less generous, less of themselves…
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