A friend of mine once noted that when you arrive in this world, everyone's smiling and you're crying. And when you leave, if you've done it well, everyone's crying and you're smiling. It sounds like your friend did it well.
I see nothing wrong with grieving that your friend is no longer here. I see nothing wrong with shedding a tear, or two, or two million. You can't pretend that he never existed, and things will remind you of him, and start it all over again.
Find comfort in the time you had with him. Find solace in what he meant to you. And find peace in the knowledge that life goes on after each of us passes along. You will make it through, in one way or another.
*B*
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