Hi, it’s Christina –
Good Morning! It’s been
eons, I know, sorry! With our anniversary, my birthday, our celebrations, and
then a house full for Easter, all in under a week’s time, I needed a few days
to recover. My brain and my body were fried.
I am hopelessly behind on
Camp NaNoWriMo. I checked this morning, and at the rate I’m going, I’ll hit 50K
on January 16, 2016. LOL! I need to figure out how to get my butt in gear.
Kobo is still giving me
fits. There tech team won’t even respond to my issues now. Corporate Blues
STILL isn’t up on their site, even after I went back, deleted what I had, and
started from scratch. I have given up on them. A Second Chance & Taking
Chances are up there, and I’m just going to forget about them. If they sell,
great, if not, I’m not going to lose any sleep over it. Kobo is only one of
many sites. I know one thing for sure, I won’t be generating any traffic their
way until they fix their issues.
I will have a good chunk
of time to write today after I return from a funeral. One of my friends, Sally,
she was only 58, wasn’t feeling well right before Christmas. She thought she’d
been fighting a cold, which then had turned into pneumonia. When she continued
to get worse instead of better, even with medication, they ran some tests.
Turned out she had stage 4 lung cancer.
She kept this information
pretty much to herself. She didn’t want anyone to know or treat her
differently. She wanted to be remembered as she was. That’s why, when I got the
news on Saturday, it was such a shock, then I had the unfortunate displeasure
of making several phone calls to relay the news. God, I hate doing that! The
thing is, after I say one or two words, the person on the other end of the line
invariably asks me, “What’s wrong?” Apparently, I’m not the best at concealing
my emotions. I guess I’d never make it as an actress, huh?
My brain can so completely
understand her decision, but my heart wishes I had one last time to tell her
how much she meant, how much she was loved, and how much she’ll be missed. I
was having a really hard time with that yesterday, but when I saw her at the
viewing, that all went away. As strange as that sounds, I have to smile and
think – typical Sally, always trying to make those around her feel better.
I was sad, heartbroken
even, as I approached the casket. Then I looked down at what used to be my
friend, and I felt nothing. It wasn’t her, just a shell. Then images of her
flashed rapidly through my memory – her laughing, being silly, making a funny
face at me in church while I was trying to sing in the choir, giving me a hug –
and that’s when I knew she was still right there, with us all.
I may not be able to pick
up the phone and call her anymore, but I can think about her and fondly
remember the memories we made, and that will have to do until I get to see her
again.
Okay, I have to go get
ready. I will try to be more diligent with the blog posts. Chat with you soon.
I hope you have a fantastic
day, and happy writing!
Your Next Challenge is use
the following:
If
only I had more time…
You have ten minutes (be
honest). There is no right or wrong, just write. Spelling and punctuation don’t
count, and NO ONE is allowed to criticize what someone else has written. Go.
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