I said goodbye to another of my friends this afternoon. It was cool and damp outside and when I saw her, so was my mood but I tried to think of silly things so as not to give my sad heart a moment to raise its ugly head. It was quite an effort she made to come into my home and chat for a few minutes when even a few tire her so.
Anybody that knows Betty knew she had been going to the hairdresser since she was 6 months old. Heaven forbid Helen Stafford's child had kinky hair and kinky it was but since she's been taking chemo, it didn't fall out like everybody else's did, it got straighter than mine! We had a good laugh on that one. She didn't get good news from her Doctor when the tests came back but I told her, she was going with Helen back to Atlanta and they had better facilities there. She agreed and we passed comfortably over that speed bump.
My lounger that used to seem unable to hold her, almost swallowed her now and just emphasized the act of her long bony hand trying to life a longer bonier leg with ankles and calves no larger than mine, and she sunk into the chair exhausted. Ive had my ups and downs and points of utter frustration with her, no doubt she had with me, but today she was my friend and I loved her, and I knew it was the last time I would see her standing in front of me, then Helen helped her down the steps into the car and away they went so she could rest.
They will leave Wednesday for Atlanta, so send your prayers to Georgia with mine.
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