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My friend Jared Branfman and his family are easy to love. I went to high school with Jared and his brother Adam. I became close to their family quickly. When I started spending as much time at their house as my own one summer, Jared?s mother, Ellen, started calling me their third son.

For two years and three months now, Jared valiantly fought a rare form of cancer. Recently, though, Jared learned that his treatment options had been exhausted.

Last week, Jared passed away after a more-than-two-year struggle with cancer. I was honored to be able to spend the last weeks, days, and minutes of Jared?s life with him and his family.

Now, we grieve and find a new way to live.

As I began to process this experience, I realized how removed I am from...

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