My oldest son's best friend, a lovely nineteen-year old girl named Peyton, died unexpectedly yesterday. She went to a high school near us and was a year younger than my son. She decided to go to my son's college where she was a sophomore.

The initial finding is that she died of natural causes. She had been treated by doctors for some cardiac irregularities, but her death was shocking. I've seen her many times at our house, and I can never remember her when she wasn't smiling.

An hour after we received this heartbreaking news, my wife and I received a call that our younger son had suffered a second seizure in two months. He has an appointment with a neurologist Monday morning to see if this can be managed.

Difficult weekend.