TAKING TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

Ryan Kennedy

THIS WAS A COLUMN I did not rush to write. Typically, when a big news story breaks, I jot down my thoughts as quickly as possible, stream-of-consciousness with some structure thrown in. But faced with the tragic deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, I knew I had to take a few days before I could get things right. Like anyone else, I mourned the loss of two brothers who meant so much to so many people. But I immediately realized I was going to focus on what made the Gaudreaus so special. We will, of course, commiserate on losing them, but we will also celebrate the lives they lived. (In this issue, we’ll do so with Ken Campbell’s feature starting on pg. 26.) Amazingly enough, social media turned out to be a…

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