Found out this morning that my very first Internet friend passed away last month. I'd been worrying, but because he was in and out of the hospital a lot over the last few years and often vanished from social media, then reappeared after a few weeks, it took a while for me to find out.
We met via a game site, It's Your Turn, and had played games like Battleship and variations of Scrabble since December of 2000, although failing vision on his part had slowed this down a lot. When Facebook came along it was even more fun to communicate. And there were better games for our friendly competition as well....
Culturally we were very different, big city vs country, farm vs urban, and a lot of other differences that could have influenced our friendship but didn't. I will never forget how he once got in an argument with someone at the grocery store over how farmers treat their livestock and how dairy and beef products are produced....and about how much farmers are paid for their products. He knew better than most you see.....
He loved dogs and hated beets and once sent my best-ever Border Collie, Mike, a stuffed hedgehog that became the most fought over toy in the house. We exchanged cards on holidays and even talked on the phone once. The kids and the boss got to know him too.....he felt like family.
We will miss him a lot....RIP Mike B
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