We were heading home from a shopping trip. To pass the time I pulled out my phone and opened Facebook. Soda's post was the first thing I saw. I remember muttering, "What? Oh my God!", and telling Hubby. The second thing I read stated that it might be a hoax, but within minutes I knew it was true. I had been away from The Border for 2-3 years and yet knew immediately that this is where I needed to come for comfort and to pay my condolences.
Because I had not been on the board recently, I didn't know that Glenn was hospitalized. Maybe nobody here knew either. I vaguely remembered hearing last fall that he was receiving treatment for his illness, but he had been doing that for years. It sounds strange, but I was comforted when I read that his family and friends knew a month before he passed that he was not going to make it. At least they had some time to prepare.