Today I lost a friend, not any friend, but a best friend in
the true sense of the word. A friend who
doesn’t invite you into her home, because you can let yourself in, a friend who
doesn’t offer you a drink when you visit, because you know where the kettle is
and a friend who doesn’t offer you the spare room when you’re drunk, because
her mattress is more comfortable.
`Cancer is a horrible thing’ I used to say, and it is, but
you never know quite how horrible until it consumes someone who you have taken
into your heart without conditions, someone who, if you are not related to by
blood, you can still call a sister. Not
until you see someone so undeserving of such a horrible disease, do you realise
the true hideousness and unfairness of Cancer, how random and scrupulous it is
and how it does not discriminate between kind, loving, gentle people and
those of more immoral and depraved dispositions.
My friend was a gentle person, calm and funny who believed
she was protected by angels, she probably was, she touched the hearts of anyone
who came into contact with her. She will
be missed by so many, though I know they will all be as glad as I, to have
been lucky enough to have had her in their lives, even if it was for the
shortest of times.
Though sadness, anger and melancholy set in for those who knew her, other friends have grown out of this tragedy, friends that know how special she was,
friends who grew up with her and knew her as a real sister and as an aunty and Mum. These friends will be special too, and they
will be forever. Maybe I have not lost a
special friend after all, maybe she has been made an angel, after all it is the least they could do! She has left behind a special bond between
people who might never otherwise have met, who will remember together the
wonderful lady they love so much.
Thank you for letting me know you!
I had/have a friend like this Zo, her name is Suzanne she moved to a place she called 'the real world' in 2005, I miss her every day. She is one of those rare women we call a confidante, a trusted friend, a soulmate, I loved her very much and I often wonder if there will ever be another friend like her, or even another women in whom I hold such high esteem.... but then I remembered... I do. You.
ReplyDeleteMy niece yes, but still my friend, still a woman in whom I hold in such esteem, someone I respect.
You are not alone sweet girl
C xxx
You have just made me cry again for the third time this week. You too are a friend and a wonderful person whom I miss constantly. Thank you! xx
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