One of my favorite movies is Tombstone. I saw it in the theater not long after the death of my best friend. It’s not that its a perfect movie, or that the performances are Oscar worthy. It’s mainly because of Doc Holiday. Val Kilmer’s best performance. Little things like spinning a cup in response to fancy gunplay or lines like “I’m your Huckleberry.” But the moment that resonates most for me is this:
“Why you doing this Doc?”
“Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.”
“Friend? Hell, I got lot’s of friends.”
“I don’t.”
Doc’s all messed up but he knows the value of friendship. All the best stories for me are the ones where friends stick by each other through thick and thin. Simple humanity shining through the darkness that surrounds us.
And so I take a moment to mourn the loss of friends…living and dead.
“We are made of all the things we have lost.” -Tom Waits
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August 29th, 2009 
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