loss

I never did met the woman.

Maybe this should not be affecting me as much, but it is.

She was the sister of my great friend David. She died yesterday.

David sent me an email saying that his sister was sinking fast and that he was driving to north central Washington to see her the last time. She died the day after he got there.

I suppose that since I did not know the woman, all of this should not be getting into my head.

David once crashed his airplane. I called the hospital for information. “Are you family?” the person on the other end asked. Without thinking I blurted out “YES.” If she had asked more, I would say the relationship was complicated, but we are family in so many ways.

I have one brother and one sister. That is all. In time we are going to loose some one (maybe me), and we will be diminished for that loss.

It is the living who are the loosers. The loss of any one diminishes us all.

Judee had a lot of health problems as I remember. Maybe it is best that her misery be over. I cannot know.

David was one of four, two girls and two boys. Doug died last summer and now Judee. That is two in less than a year.

That is too much.

Way too much. Take care of yourself my friend.