My Bestest Friend is Gone
He died a few weeks ago. Our history together is too long and complicated to go into here.
He was a singer/songwriter, and recorded this song in the late '60s. My then-husband produced the song.
Little did I know that Don had written and recorded his own message from beyond the grave decades before he actually passed.
I believe some of you here who have lost loved ones will find comfort in his vision of the afterlife.
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I'm very sorry for the loss of your dear friend.
My sincere condolences.
It seems as time goes on we see more of those dear to us transition to the nonphysical world, I don't think they ever leave us because the memories of them have energy and energy doesn't disappear, it can only transform.
RIP 
heartfelt condolences to you, my friend.
❤
Once upon a time, some years ago, you had this to say about love and loss...I wrote it down, and it has comforted me many times over.
Today, I write it here for you.
Those we love are often a gift we cannot keep. We can only remember that they were indeed a gift --- and be grateful they were ours for the time we had them in our lives, as fleeting as that time may have been.
May this bring you comfort!
May his music and your warm memories always keep him close by and in your heart.
is grateful that you're posting his music, especially with it helping others.
I'm using present tense because I do believe in an afterlife, not for any religious reasons -- I haven't had any religious beliefs since leaving the Catholic Church in my teens -- but because of personal experiences and those I've heard about others having, both NDEs (near-death experiences) and ADCs (after-death communications, direct rather than through a medium). I hope Don will find some really stunning way to reassure and comfort you.
It's seemed to me that musicians are often especially open-minded and perceptive about such matters. When I read Johnny Cash's autobiography, written with Patrick Carr, nearly 20 years ago, I expected anything in it about a possible afterlife and spiritual existence to be conventionally religious, especially because of his long friendship with Bllly Graham. Instead, I found stories about ADCs, at least one NDE, reincarnation, and premonitions his brother and a musician friend had had of their deaths. Those don't fit neatly into established religions (and I've found that some people most resistant to considering NDEs and ADCS are very religious people who can't fit those widespread experiences into their religious dogma). But they'd happened to Cash or to people close to him, and he accepted them for what they appeared to be.
You were fortunate to have such a long, close friendship, and it has to have included lots of special moments as well as cherished traditions, whether little in-jokes or something more elaborate and formal. You might find yourself getting reminders of some of those that are totally unexpected, perfectly timed in terms of being just what you need then, and impossible to ignore. I hope you will, anyway.
May you soon find the strength to gently rest yourself in treasured memories of him, and in his peaceful, accepting vision. It’s so hard to lose a beloved friend…
Wishing you peace as you walk this very difficult path.