Reader shocked by frailty of longtime friend

DEAR HARRIETTE: I went to an event that felt like a family reunion of peers.

Many of us have not seen one another for years, definitely not since the onset of the pandemic. It was great to be able to greet people I have known for a long time and just to be together. I noticed that one friend seemed especially frail. He was always a lean person, but his clothes were hanging off his body, and his gai…