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Connie Hood once told me that you should go to every wedding you're invited to, or else when you get older you'll only go to funerals. I reflect on that often, but especially today. I just found out that my friends' newborn isn't going to make it. Grace had a lot of heart problems. She was doing better, but then she developed other complications. I haven't seen either parent since my wedding 2 years ago. I hadn't planned to go visit this summer--I'm not one of those who rushes off to play with babies. But now I'm checking my calendar and my wallet to try to find some resources to fly up to Buffalo. The whole event is sublimely sad. Jen and Tim were made to be parents, so loving, such great people. And they've been absolutely heroic.