Sandy Did Of Course
Noel Laflin
3-23-18
Although we’d
never met, she was a friend.
It started
with her liking a bird photo on Face book a few years back – and then more friendly
‘likes’ and comments on those that followed.
Friend requests
were exchanged and accepted.
Over the
years, Sandy was a fan of my stories. Even if few others read a particular one,
she could be counted on as one who did, and always let me know with another
friendly ‘like’ or complement.
Curious
about Sandy, I viewed her page and noted that she was eighty years old at the
time, active in her church, a noted quilter who showed amazing talent, and
admired by friends and family alike.
Age has got
nothing on this fine friend I concluded.
And then the
sad message from a nephew, and then her daughter, on Face book today, that Sandy
has died.
I feel their
loss. And I feel terrible for not even realizing that she had been hospitalized
a week ago, put on hospice care just two days back, and then died peacefully at
home last night. She was eighty-three.
Sandy last
commented on a post of mine from two weeks ago. It was a short story that few
took notice of.
But she did
of course.
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