I learned tonight that a person I once knew had died.
It occurs to me that I am twice diminished by this loss.
For even as a person I once knew is dead so too is a person who once knew me.
UPDATE APRIL 2008: Going back and categorizing these entries I realize I never identified my friend Marlie Griffin as the person who died that day almost two years ago now. I met Marlie doing Mystery Dinner Theatre and extra work in DC, two of the major sources of income for DC talent unfortunately. She was funny, talented, and a real delight to be around. She was at my wedding. We lost touch after the move to LA but I always thought of her fondly.
I was in DC working when she died and for some reason I seem to remember seeing the traffic jam on Rt. 50 that day. I remember it because my wife had been caught in it while driving in the area. I didn’t tell her the details of what caused the back-up after I learned of it. Things were hectic enough.
I remember typing the original entry in my sister’s guest room and deciding not to mention Marlie at the time because of sense of not wanting to piggy-back my self-centered meditation onto her specific tragedy. Remember, this was the day of the accident and the DC Community was still getting the word.
Anyway, it’s two years later and I think it’s proper to remember a nice person in a way she might want.
Here’s a link to her work an actress and animal activist.
Rest in Peace.
