Death. And Then Life.

My dearest friend Judi lost her battle to cancer in early 2021.  Her loss created a vacuum in my life.  I miss our weekly calls, our aimless banter and our million laughs.  

Today, her beautiful daughter Ali announced the arrival of Jude Phillip into this world.  Judi’s grandson, who would have been the apple of her eye.  
Life has come full circle.  The tears flowed freely today as I thought of my dear friend and celebrated the new arrival.  Such are the rites of passage — one life goes, and another precious one comes to light up our lives.  

Judi and Jude.  Simply perfect.  

About Hemant Rustogi

An award-winning teacher at The University of Tampa, an entrepreneur, a CEO and founding principal of Advantage Pointe Internationale, and blogger on 5oclockreflections.com.