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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Erasing Names


This past week it was time to do the Christmas cards. I remember a time when I actually looked forward to sitting down and writing little notes to everyone and now somehow it seems more like a chore. Maybe because with email and cell phones we are able to communicate with those we don't see often so much easier than 10-15 years ago. I went through my address book to check and see if there was anyone new to add to the list. There was not. But sadly there were five names to eliminate. Two friends and three relatives, gone from this earth, but not from my heart. What is sadder than erasing someone's name? The loss of two friends this year is still difficult for me to fathom. They were both in their fifties, so close to my age. Jeanne left two teenage children that she will never see grow up. But both friends were women of deep faith and I know they are held in God's heavenly arms now. The poem I posted last week called "To Have Love" was in part, about my thoughts for their husbands left behind and alone now. The photo is a shelf in my writing room. Three dear friends gone. Two from cancer and one from muscular dystrophy - rest in peace.

2 comments:

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

Oh Diane. I'm so sorry.

Pat Washington said...

Diane, I am sorry for your losses. It can be such a tough time of year for so many. It's a bittersweet time for me, as my father died on Dec. 19th four years ago. Since then, Christmas have never had the magic it once had, but I go through the motions for my kids.