My friend.....

Yesterday my friend Michelle came into work late.  We knew she was going to be late cuz she had a doctor's appointment.  When she arrived, she looked shell-shocked.  I asked her if she was ok and she said NO.  Apparently she had gotten a call early that morning that her dad had died unexpectedly.  Sudden death, prolly a heart attack.  Oh man.  I tried to be supportive, we all did.  We told her to go home, but she wanted to be with us, to keep busy.  She came back into work today with updates on what she had to do as next-of-kin and that she was leaving tomorrow morning for Ohio.  Ack!  Brings back memories.  I remember when my dad died.  I think I blogged about that, maybe not.  But I had to arrange for everyone here to fly to Michigan, and pay for it!  Believe me, bereavement airline rates are just not right!  No deal there!  And, once we got there, we had to find a place for my mentally handicapped sister to live and my also mentally ill son.  It was quite traumatic, but we got it done.  I'll never forget that.  So, I am working for Michelle next week, whenever they need me.  I just wanted to put this in my blog cuz I am feeling so sad for her.  Hang in there, Michelle!