I'm glad I found this forum. Interesting people and discussions. No imaginary friend since I was like 5, but, when I am facing a tough situation or big decision, I often go to this place in my mind and think, ok, Alex, what would you tell me to do here?

Alex was my best friend from 8th grade onward. He contracted a rare form of kidney cancer and died just before he would have turned 27. I can go to a place in my mind where I remember him when we were both out of college, 22, and spent a day biking around a large park, a beautiful August day with puffy white clouds and pleasant breezes. I much prefer to remember him at that time than when he was at the end, wracked from chemo.