I had been thinking of visiting a friend since we have moved
to Oklahoma City. She lives just six blocks from me but I
was busy with other things and thought I will get around to
it sometime soon.

Yesterday I learned that she had died of a terribly painful
cancer about a year ago. She was a dear person and she left
a handicapped husband behind. She was the kind of person
that I would like to be. A great hostess and cook, a wonderful housekeeper and she never had a hair out of place.
She worked for Estee Lauder, first as a perfume model and
later she was a manager for Estee Lauder products in one of
our malls.

She was always the one who took care of others. She took
care of her mother in law until she died. Then she took
care of her mother and her husband.

I feel terrible that I didn't just drop in and say hello,
I am here now and I will do anything I can to help. Time
just marches on and we don't get many second chances.