Sorry about your recent loss
Grandpa - it's been such a season of sadness for so many recently.
GNTLGNT I'm so bummed I never got to "know" most of those folks - though PatriciaA and PITH were around when I was new - and they both were so much fun to talk to. I understand why you miss them.
Makes me think of Billy Joel's lines:
So many faces in and out of my life,
Some will last, some will just be now and then.
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes-
I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.
It happens, we lose touch with people and then come across them again somewhere unexpected and its just a gem of a moment, but sad too, because you know you'll lose touch again. And what really sucks is when you lose them forever, and you lost the chance to tell them how much they meant to you. I get your sadness "in toto".