Day 12 - What texture are you grateful for?

Hmmm, I've given this some thought and I must say....when I touch someone I love.

I'm off to the grocery store to do my weekly shop, even though it'll be a short one. All the food for the Ritual Sacrifice with Pie is purchased and partially cooked. I'll be making pies when I get home. Things are definitely getting better.

Today is November 1, Dia De Muertos – The Day of the Dead. I grew up in Tucson, AZ and this day has great significance to me. Especially this year.

Mom passed away on October 19 and today is the day I celebrate her. We are eating tamales for dinner, I will have Marigolds on the table and I will only remember the happy times. As it should be.

So it's been almost a week since I heard the news and I'm still processing. I've known Jill since I was 15 years old and I'm 56. She was only 64, so just 8 years older than me. *sigh*

I haven't heard any other news, but I found a copy of her will in my files and see that I'm the executor if her sister is incapable. Her sister is flying (or has flown) in from Germany and she will be fine. The whole thing is just surreal.

I met Jill when I was a sophomore in high school and she was my shorthand teacher. We've been friends ever since. I know that I'm getting to "that" age and these things will be happening, but the first one is always the hardest...I guess.

I keep going over, in my mind, all the things we did together, all the fun times we had. All the times we went out and got trashed and then stayed up half the night yakking, falling asleep on her couch (her house was bigger). It's so hard to think that she is gone.

Thank you all for your kind words. I really appreciate my online friends as much as I cherish my real life friends (and sometimes those crossover!).

Bless you all.