It can range anywhere from sad to heart-breaking. In the past two weeks, two old friends that I lost touch with almost 30 years ago have sent a Facebook Friend request. It has been nice to find out how their lives have turned out through an exchange of messages. With the internet, it is much easier to track down old friends and rekindle the friendship, even if it ended badly long ago.
A loss due to death is a whole different matter, especially if it is sudden and unexpected. Some people believe that they will one day be reunited with those that they care about. Whether it turns out to be true or not, the person left on Earth is now lacking a friendship that was dear to them.
What took me a long time to learn is that these wonderful people can still live on in our words and actions.