{"id":12468,"date":"2026-01-20T03:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=12468"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:46:43","slug":"tues-jan-20-2026-to-absent-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2026\/01\/20\/tues-jan-20-2026-to-absent-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Tues. Jan. 20, 2026 – to absent friends…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the anniversary of Robert Bruce Thompson’s death. Is it even possible that it was 8 years ago? So much has changed in our world, and here, yet so much still remains. Being prepared is better than not. We can get through disasters, and life will go on. There is an ‘after’. What you do ‘before’ makes a great deal of difference in what ‘after’ looks like. Community makes everything better.<\/p>\n

Raise a glass for our absent friends- gone, but not forgotten. Still present, like the ripples in the pond. They live on through the changes they made in us, the people around them.<\/p>\n

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Today is the anniversary of Robert Bruce Thompson’s death. Is it even possible that it was 8 years ago? So much has changed in our world, and here, yet so much still remains. Being prepared is better than not. We can get through disasters, and life will go on. There is an ‘after’. What you do ‘before’ makes a great deal of difference in what ‘after’ looks like. Community makes everything better.<\/p>\n

Raise a glass for our absent friends- gone,<\/p>\n

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