Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (a moment of fiction)

Robert was an unassuming guy. He and his wife, Mary, were parents to two daughters appropriately named Roberta and Maria. His demise at an early age, around 50, was a shock and a disappointment as early death always is. We were co-workers, he and I, from 1975 until his death. It is interesting how we are reminded of those who have passed on. In this case I thought of him as a tragic soul who never…