More loss

My best friend John called me a little while ago to tell me that his Mom had died late Monday. She was is failing health and staying at a nursing home. Though she had other conditions that put her in the facility, it was discovered during medical tests for organ donor viability that she had an abdomen full of cancer that no one knew about. This is a shock to everyone.

Mrs. Z. was such a wonderful soul. Almost like a second Mom to me, she was always friendly and inviting me for dinner when I was nearby. A constant fixture in my life since middle school, I really will miss her and her effervescent personality.

The last few days I had been in a pretty deep funk, one which I naturally blamed on my Mom's birthday being yesterday and the elevated feelings of missing her. But I had nightmares and other feelings that bothered me, and perhaps this was the reason. I could not even make it to work today. I slept late today and later went out in the nearly 70 degree weather and put more trim on the garage. Something was just not right.

A memorial service is this Sunday. Jeff and I will go and pay our respects.

Farewell, Mrs. Z.