Cancer took my friend today

    Cancer took my friend today   Her name was June.  We worked together a number of years before her retirement.  She was one of those people who wore a mask to hide her sorrows.  June was a single mother who struggled with finances all her life, but was always ready for a laugh, share a joke or dance to her favorite Frank Sinatra  music , New York, New York.

When we went home this past summer June was in a rehab with a broken hip.  Within two weeks she was home and taking care  of herself.  

 I was able to call her weekly but had I not  known she was ill, I never would have suspected it.  She was always upbeat and more interested on where we were and what we were doing.  I will miss our chats.  Tomorrow would have been her  birthday.

 Rest in peace my friend.  I will never forget you.

   
I Did Not Die

Do not stand at my grave and forever weep.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn’s rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and forever cry.
I am not there. I did not die.

Melinda Sue Pacho