It's not silly at all. I'm 38, a friend of mine died almost six months ago (he was 37). I still haven't really parsed the permanence of it, or the fact that hal

It's not silly at all. I'm 38, a friend of mine died almost six months ago (he was 37). I still haven't really parsed the permanence of it, or the fact that half a year has passed already; even as I stood beside his grave last weekend. It does feel very strange - indeed I don't have the words to describe it any other way.