My sweet, beautiful friend, Sue, passed away yesterday. I knew when we hugged on her birthday that it would be the last time I saw her awake and lucid, but it still makes me sad to know the world is missing out on her presence, now. She truly was one of the most delightful people I have ever known. We met at an awkward dinner party 7 years ago, and I first fell in love with her potato salad, and then I fell in love with her. I am so thankful for her friendship, to have known her grateful and always cheerful disposition, for our magical Mother's Day Widows club, for the way she loved and nurtured my children and all the family gatherings and back to school feasts she joined us for, to have heard her many stories of living all over the world, to have heard her testimony of Jesus Christ, and for every time I was able to answer the phone and be greeted with a joyful, "Hi Meg, it's Sue Moon calling!" I loved her so so much.
I bawled my eyes out, today. I miss my friend, and will think of her every time I eat sour cherry pie.
