Life Isn't Fair

For those of you reading this that are on a few yahoo groups with me, you know that a very good friend of ours passed away recently. Tonight was his funeral. It was also webcasted (?), which I thought was weird. Technology. But I don't do funerals, so I didn't watch. Mike probly will - it's available for a month. He's out right now celebrating Charlie's life with his brother Joe, who we see more often on the road, than at home. Me, I hate bars & the drunken crowds. I'm still rather numb from the news we got about him, I believe it was on Monday. Why are the good ones always taken away first??? I wish I knew the whole story, but I never will. If he would have gotten hit by a bus, it would be easier to 'accept'. I don't know what happened, how it happened, where it happened, or how he did it. Maybe it's best I don't know the details. Mike knows we were pretty close. The last time Mike talked to Charlie on the phone was last week, and he told Mike to grab my ass for him.. lol. Last time I talked to him, it was while we were loading together in Dallas, TX about a month ago. This is the same Charlie I mentioned in an earlier blog post.. probly my last one.. that told us the best places to go in New Orleans. I can still hear his voice.. see his face.. his smile. Mike always teased him about his tight t-shirts & Magnum P.I. ringtone. When he called & it would start, Mike would always put the phone between us, so we could jam to it. When Charlie answered, Mike was disappointed. I heard him say "What..?" on the other end of the line. And Mike told him we were be-boppin' to Magnum. That was the last time I heard Charlie laugh. His obituary hit the nail on the head when it said 'he was a light in this world..'. On the church's website, there was a place to leave your condolences for the family. I think I left a book. Lucky will never get a chance to play with his doggie Louie again. And he just loved his Uncle Charlie! We all did. I'm gonna miss you.. so much..