It’s always depressing to lose somebody who is relatively close to you. It doesn’t matter if he’s close emotionally or is just a neighbour – when this person is in your life and you’re comfortable with them, then you feel like something is missing when they leave.

This is the thing I’m going through right now. My neighbour, Brandon, is leaving. He’s changing jobs and his new one is too far away from here to travel so is moving closer in. He doesn’t want to cross the whole...