Oh sweetheart~I'm so sorry.
I've lost 11 friends to some sort of tragedy (pneumonia, AIDS, mountain climbing accident, drunk drivers) since graduating high school (including my high school sweetheart of 3 years at 19) and am currently helping to nurse a dear friend diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. I spent about 45 mins last nite, chronicalling (sp?) my experiences with death of friends for you and as I was getting ready to send, I lost it somehow~completely vanished.
PM me if you'd like to talk more, my pals joke about me being the expert on dead friends (which of course isn't really fuuny) but I've become everyone's "go to" girl for this.
And nope, unlike everything else, the more it happens it doesn't get easier but I have grown wiser, it's taught me a lot. I'll help in any way I can if you let me. Much love...
Me