Some things

...........there were two lovely woman who shared a name. Carole, best friend from early childhood, and Carol a much later good friend who was a kind and loving neighbor to my mother as she aged and required help with her daily routine.

One would have been 64 today, the other a few years younger.

One chose to go because she could not bear the pain of this often terrible world, the other was taken by the pain of ovarian cancer. I loved these women dearly. They should still be here. No matter how bleak a day can seem, the beauty of the next day is just around the corner, if you can just hold on a little longer, pray a little harder. The devastation of an illness is often more difficult. No matter how strong a person is, how hard she fights, how positive she tries to be, the battle is sometimes lost. So sad to think that one wanted so much to live, the other took her life and threw it away.

Carol, who could no longer fight her cancer, sent me both these cards. Today I reread the words inside, written when she was still a healthy, busy wife and mother. They seem appropriate as they are somewhat sad - they make me think of two lost girls who should still be here.