This morning I got word that a friend of mine passed away in her sleep after battling rather aggressive brain cancer. She left behind a husband and a two-year-old daughter.
Today is odd. As another friend said, “I can’t decide if I hate this day because of what happened, or if I love it more than ever because of what happened.”
And there have been both tears and an overwhelming feeling of gratitude for everything I have. It sucks that it takes such horrible things happening to put so much into perspective.
However, in spite of all the bad news, this made me smile.
I hope it makes you smile. I love you, my friends.
Are You the Gatekeeper? 
Can you imagine being this person's neighbor?!! HFS!I'm so sorry about your friend. 😦
I'm really sorry, hon. My grandpa is on his way out of this world, and I have a feeling it'll be in the next week or so. It's always harder around the holidays, but know that she loved you (of course she did, who doesn't?!) and she's not suffering now. May God bless her husband and child.