We miss our dearly departed friends. We all wish, to some degree, that we had had more time to truly get to know them while they were amongst us. All of them left us too early. We pray that their departure from this mortal plane, as they took leave of their tabernacle of clay, was painless, and that they felt good within themselves about the legacy they left for those who knew them and held them dear.
Thankfully, we know that death, when the Spirit leaves the Physical Body, separates us from them only temporarily. We will see them again. We will rejoice with them again. We will have the chance to share Eternity with them and become one with them in friendship.
They were part of us. They will be part of us again.