Sadness

I found out the other day than an old friend from high school was just diagnosed with a unique form of Lymphoma. She is a mother to 2 small girls, a wife, and a great teacher in her community. Although it has literally been years since I have seen her last, I cannot stop thinking about her. We used to be friends in HS, but I guess it was more of an acquaintance type of friendship-we were in home room together, had a few classes together and we used to go out to lunch together almost everyday our Senior year. Still, after HS was over, we pretty much lost track of each other. I think our paths crossed a couple of times in college, but that was about it. Then, a few years ago, I joined FB, and all the sudden I reconnected with so many people who I had not seen in years; including her. It's awesome. Thank you God for whomever created that ever so addicting, yet ever so useful website.

To think, had it not been for FB, I probably would have never found out that my old friend from HS is fighting for her life right now. Luckily she has created a seperate website that is following her cancer story and it gives people the opportunity to talk to her and give her their support. It looks like she has lots of support.

Still, I am very sad for her and her family. I keep thinking about what I would do if it were me in the same situation. Would I be as optimistic as she is? Would I be able to maintain my personality like she does? Or, would I just want to crawl in a hole and feel sorry for myself? I guess, it's hard to know how you would react until you were in that situation. It's a place I hope I never have to be.

For now, I continue to pray for my friend daily and I hope that God can spare her in heaven because she has 2 little girls who need her here on Earth. I will never understand the inner working of our creator. I'm sure he knows what he's doing, but sometimes it's hard to see that from down here.