The toll it takes

And a reminder that there's no perfect time to reconnect.

Over the past week, two former teammates - one from high school and another from college - died unexpectedly. Both were outstanding, gifted athletes, kind, hard-working, and loyal. I assumed that someday we’d meet up and swap memories of high school foolishness or our self-imagined college glory days, brag about our kids, and laugh ourselves sore.

But …