I mentioned that I lost a friend this week. I know I have mentioned that I have felt like the Grim Reaper is following me around before, I have had moments of that feeling recently. If I know anyone with elderly or sick parents, if I have any friends who are ill, I worry just a little extra that by virtue of knowing me... someone will die or lose someone they love. Just because they know me.
I have been trying my best to remind myself that knowing me is not the same as trying to speedial the Grim Reaper, but you know, sometimes you just get ideas in your head that are hard to shut out.
That being said, I talked to my friend the new widow this afternoon. She is having the funeral service tomorrow at a time I would normally have been at work, but I asked someone to cover the last hour we're open tomorrow so I can go to the service, and he said yes. So I let her know I would be there. She was so very happy. She said when she found out that the clinic was open she felt so bad, she thought she was making arrangements at a time that would be easy for anyone who might want to go. I told her that she wasn't supposed to try and work around my schedule, but that I understood exactly what she was saying (because I do). Then she said the most awesome thing after I told her I'd be there. She told me she needed me there to lean on. I told her she only had to tell me what she needed or wanted and I'd do it.
I'm so glad she knows she can lean on me. And I'm also very glad to have people at work who are so quick to say yes when they know what's up... it's important.
Today was actually a really good day.
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