My close friend recently passed away two days after his birthday (on Feb. 14th, 2025 around 2:18 am). He was only 45 and had large tumors on his liver and some on his lungs. By the time he found out, it was too late for chemo. He lived only a week after that. We were good friends for nearly 7 years. I miss him so much. He was one of the only people in my life that I could talk to about common interests and be about on the same level with. (I'm pretty sure he was smarter than me, though). His passion and excitement for royal history, military, archeology, Scotland, traveling, nature, and religion was so great. I feel a hole in my life without my good friend, Nathan. He was basically family to me. I will always miss him until we meet again.