I know what you mean. I only knew two people who were cut, and I didn’t know either of them very well, but every time they do this it feels like death. I’m always surprised by those who appear to remain wholly unaffected, and some who are even callous about it.
What always occurs to me is that I skated through – this time. They’ll do it again. And again, and again.
I should have been a lumberjack.
-B