To my friend Kate Singleton

My dear Kate, my heart breaks at the news. You were called home way too soon. However, I am glad that you were part of my life, and am grateful for all the support you gave me. Hoping you're at the eternal coffee shop attached to a grand theatre, having a latte and basking in the afterglow of your debut on the celestial stage.

I will miss you, like many others. I regret playing the coffeehouse tag we've been playing throughout the years, though we both understand that we were going through our own personal dark periods, had other priorities, and moving on in the quest for survival. Dammit, I still owe you a cell phone!

This isn't good-bye, we'll see each other in the next life, where perhaps we'll be cats enacting the feline version of Cats. I had hoped that we would work on a production or two, but that's what the afterlife is for.

My love to you, sweetheart.