{"id":18115,"date":"2016-11-22T18:25:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T18:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18115"},"modified":"2016-11-22T18:26:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T18:26:30","slug":"dealing-with-heartbreak-the-sudden-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18115","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with heartbreak … the sudden kind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We’ve all been through this.<\/p>\n

You get to know individuals. You work with them, share a joke with them, learn a little about their family. You consider them to be a friend, but you don’t socialize with them or get to know them too much beyond what they reveal in the context of your professional relationship.<\/p>\n

Then you get a phone call. You hear that this person has just died. He’s gone! Forever! Just like that!<\/em><\/p>\n

The news\u00a0sucks the air out of your lungs. You feel like you’ve just been kicked in the gut, or the chops … or both — at once!<\/p>\n

Matthew Hutchison was a young man in his late 30s. He and I worked together at the Amarillo Globe-News for a number of years. Our duties were vastly different. Matt was an assistant city editor in charge of managing reporters and editing their stories to ensure they were accurate and complete. I edited the Opinion page at the paper. We kept a professional separation, but we maintained a cordial, friendly personal relationship.<\/p>\n

Were we close<\/em> friends? Did we see each other after hours?<\/p>\n

No. But when the news arrives as it did this morning that your friend and former colleague has passed away, well, it’s still difficult to assess.<\/p>\n

Especially at this time of year. We’re entering the holiday season. We are about to give thanks for our blessings. I cannot imagine how Matt’s young wife and their three precious little girls are going to cope with their heartbreak at this moment.<\/p>\n

We all feel their pain. We also know that even as they feel the love that will pour their way, it won’t lessen their grief.<\/p>\n

I just hope they know they are not alone. They have plenty of company during this terrible moment.<\/p>\n

Oh, man. This really hurts.<\/p>\n\n

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