CORRECTION: In my last post I stated that my friend had passed on September 12th. It was, in fact August 12th. The time seems to have run together.
Today, I received the news that Nancy and her husband are together again. Her husband joined her in heaven at 4am this morning, passing in his sleep. I am in a place of emotional confusion. I am sad because a life - a wonderful life - has ended too soon. I am relieved because the cancer had spread and my understanding is that the past few days were really awful. I am happy because husband and wife are together again. I am numb because this all happened so fast.
There is a photo on Nancy's facebook page of she and her husband 367 days ago. Halloween, 2008. Dressed as the members of KISS. Funny, happy, carefree. How could anyone have known that neither one of them would live to see the another Halloween. Of course we all know logically that another year is never guaranteed. But it still is a concept that is impossible to grasp.
I'm not sure how to end this. I'm not sure what else to say. I am so honored to have known both of these wonderful people. I am glad for them that they are together again. I am somehow changed by the cruelty of the whole situation. But I am choosing now to reflect on the memories I have of them younger, healthier and so completely in love with each other.
~ When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure. ~
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