"So, how'd you guys meet?" - Part 8

This is my friend with terminal cancer from Parts 1-7.

His name was Jude.

He was named after St. Jude although I had no idea his parents were even Catholic. Admittedly, I didn’t know Jude’s father. He lived only an hour away from us, but I vaguely remember meeting him only once. High school graduation maybe?

In Catholicism, Jude’s namesake, St. Jude, is re…