I’ll say it again…cancer sucks.

It claimed another person in my life.  I can’t imagine how many loved ones it takes away from this earthly life every single day.

This time it was my ex-General Manager’s wife.  Sandra was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago.  Although she continued to have problems from time to time related to her treatment, it was my understanding that she was cancer-free.  According to what my former coworkers told me, she had been receiving chemo again and was in and out of the hospital over the past 3 weeks.

The last time Randy and I visited her in the hospital, when I was still working at SWD, I sat on the side of her bed and she held my hand tightly the entire time.  She was alert, in a good mood, and was reading a fashion magazine when we walked into the room.  I’ll never forget that.

We shared a love of Victoriana.  She and Kevin (her husband) have a wonderful old Victorian house that they restored themselves.

Her funeral is tomorrow morning.  I’m flexing my work hours so Randy and I can attend.  It’s the least I can do.  We sent a little something to Kevin yesterday.  I hope it made it.

I will never be able to cope properly with the death of someone I care about, although I have no doubt there is a place where we won’t have to ever deal with that again.  Sandra is definitely there with her Lord.