My Cousin

Sad news from home. My cousin died unexpectedly yesterday.

Many of the family met up this spring in Germany, and he and I had the opportunity to get reacquainted. He was the oldest of all the siblings and had known our grandfather. He filled me in with some stories about him. He also knew our dad when he was young and carefree, before the advent of wife and kids, and hard times of WWII.
As a university student of theology he would tell me that I read too much, didn't think enough! In the intervening years we rarely met, but kept up with each other through "the family".

I found him delightful, loving to his wife and offspring. I just assumed he'd be there for a long, long time. We will miss him.