[Seahawk]

My son went through a loss of a fellow student at VMI very recently. Jack is a young man, full of the optimism and the coltishness of youth. I wrote the following to him in the hopes it would resonate:

I have also had to deal with death, both in battles and from accidents, of friends of mine.

There is no template or recipe for dealing with the loss. What I found works is staying busy and, when the, “why him and could I have done something…” thoughts creep in, let the thought pass like a wave: acknowledge and then let it wash ashore, done, until the next wave.

You are a fine and good young man.

You are a fine and good man, Art. My best to you.