Freinds among us

Over at In the Middle, Linda had a death in her family and she learned a lot of things in the process.

One of the things that stuck with me the most since I feel/felt the same way:

The world is filled with truly nice, kind, compassionate people who will go out of their way to make you feel better.

Even though it’s been over 2 years since my mother died, I am still struck by how people responded.

I’m sure I told you about all the things that people did for me and my father during that time. His coworkers made food for him for weeks afterward, former neighbors came from all over to attend the funeral, my friends cleaned my house from top to bottom and prepared the entire reception for me after the funeral and one of my favorite things was when his Jewish neighbors brought over a ham.

I’m not being flip, it was awesome. The experience and the ham.

I know I talk a lot about death, especially of aging parents around here, I don’t mean to be a drag, but I do want people to know they’re not alone and that they will get through it and people can be amazing.