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Day 242 David Price, RIP

I went to Sunnyvale this weekend.   My cousin’s ex-husband died last month and I went to support her for the wake.   His name was David Price and he left two children behind.   I had known him for 20+ years on and off.   I didn’t hang out with my cousin constantly but when we did I hung out with him.   It was a rocky time when their marriage split and he didn’t have any shyness calling me to talk about it.   That was a doozy phone call, that first one.   But it’s a hairy time in someone’s life when they realize the marriage is over.   Now I can go one of two ways here, continue to talk about the wake or talk about when my marriages dissolved.   Maybe a bit of both. There was a beautiful slide show that his daughter, Ellery put together.   She had songs by Dylan, the Stones, and the Beatles paired with the pictures.   I was surprised at how many pictures he had posed for over the years.   I couldn’t help but think of my wake and thinking there’s no way they’ll come up with that m