Old Friends

Yesterday was hard. I attended a memorial service for a former classmate who died with COPD. It was just so fast. When we heard that she was in trouble and Hospice had been called in, we (eight other classmates and I) immediately sent word to her sister that we wanted to see her. Her sister immediately relayed the message to her and she said, "I would love to see them, but I can't, now." She was gone within two hours. How strange, to see the world take on spring colors just the same as it has always done.