Driving home tonight, I entered the Garden State Parkway. I looked down and my friend Julie was calling me. I am in this special group of people who have a design for living. She happens to be extremely instumental in my sobriety. So when I saw she was calling at 6:19PM on a Monday night, I had a feeling something was not right.
Julie got on the phone and explained to me that my friend, Barbara passed away today at 5:20PM.
Barbara was a 50 year old woman who had come so far in her recovery in life. She faced adversity. Her daughter was a Handicapped Adult that she helped take care of in a private group home. Barbara had been diagnosed with Cancer this March. It was in her liver. Recently they had found that she had it in her Brain. When she passed this evening she passed peacefully. The Lord took her home.
I spent the last few hours meeting with my Women. These Women have been thru thick and thin together. We call ourselves "The Goonies". A group of Women you would never put together. Lawyer, Teacher, Minister, Clerk, At Home Mom, Reiki Master, Bookkeeper, Accountant, Adult Model, Bus Driver, RN, Head Hunter, ETC....through thick and thin still together after all these years.
With Much Love to Barbara.
~D~
