"Don't be sad.

He's not.

He'll be out there on the field, in front of all of us, celebrating the magnificence of a relationship.

We won't be entirely successful in not being sad, of course. As Marc Antony said in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, "If you have tears, prepare to shed them now."

And tears will be shed, no doubt.

But, otherwise, cheer yourself hoarse.

That's what you do at celebrations.

Cheer -- and be happy that you've known such a friend."