Those of you who read my blog regularly may know Tracy, who was Jennifer’s roommate in college and close friend for many years. She moved to Richmond a couple of years ago and works at the University of Richmond. In her most glamorous role, she is also Jennifer’s and my personal trainer. 

Tracy dated a guy named John after she moved here.  Sadly, they broke up this spring, but have kept in touch.  Over the weekend, John was visiting his family in upstate New York and was killed in a boating accident.  John was a police officer here in Richmond.  It seems so ironic that someone who worked in the city of Richmond ended up killed by a drunk boater.  Mostly it just seems like a big fat waste of a human life, and also the life of the woman who was with him.