Jim and Jay Gould were twin brothers who attended my wife's High School and were in my wife's church youth group. Jim was my wife's brother's best friend for a time and Jay dated my wife's best girl-friend for a time.
I met Jim at college the same day I met my wife - in a singing and drama troupe we were in. I met his brother Jay shortly after. Jay and I were lab partners in a biology class for a semester.
After college, the wife and I moved to the Northwest and Jim and Jay settled in San Diego.
Jay actually met his wife online through a Christan website. They corresponded for a time and Jay ended up buying a plane ticket to go visit her and her family in person in Santiago, Chile where they lived.
Shortly afterwards they were married.
Both brothers married, bought homes and had children here in San Diego. We have had the opportunity to get together for dinner a couple of times and they, their wives and children are just about some of the nicest people you would ever want to meet.
Jay in particular has always been so kind and compassionate as to actually make me wish I was a better person myself at times.
This past week Jay Gould succumbed to cancer at the age of 37. He leaves behind a wife, two young children and a community of friends and family who love him.
We will be attending his services today.
If you get the opportunity, say a prayer for the Gould family.
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