In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is disappointed that their longtime friend and neighbor ...

Carolyn Hax: Friend’s sudden death brings acute sense of last moments A friend dies suddenly, and the letter writer wakes up to how precious time is with loved ones.

Dear Eric: “Sue” and I have been neighbors and friends for more than 50 years. She and her husband are godparents to one of our children, we are members of social groups together, like book club and ...