I just reread this thread.
I read about my own astonishment when we had our third Pine Creek Day together. - Tomorrow will be our ninth. Wow.
Pine Creek Day is still a sad day. It reminds me of all the Brokies we've lost. Maybe it's because it's so close to Allerseelen (All Souls' Day), when we traditionally visit the cementaries and think of all those gone before us. And when I read through this thread, there's the year after Heath passed, Rich's sadly prophetic statement, Janice's heartfelt letter to Rich, which I don't even read completely because it makes me all teary-eyed. It makes me also think of Rodney, Jackie and Shasta.
So many friends we've lost. I think it's fitting to think of them on the day when Ennis must have thought of Jack with a broken heart, on that very first Pine Creek Day.