One of The Lucky Ones.....

I guess I am one of the lucky ones..... Are is it unlucky because they have all went to a better place and I am still here plodding along ?  No one really knows which place is better since we haven't experienced what happens after one passes.

Seems like lately I have heard of lots of people my age that have died. Today I got news that my friend, Rosie Tilley had passed. I had known her in Junior High. I moved later to Brownwood so I hadn't seen her since until I came down to Sweetwater a couple of years ago. I stayed a month at a friends house. She rents out rooms. When I walked in Rosie was there and she knew me not seeing me since 7th grade. She said, "Your Elaine aren't you?" 

I said, "Who are you?"  She told me Rosie. She had gained a little weight. Wrinkles maybe. But she was Rosie. That month I was there we went shopping in Abilene and out to eat a lot. Got to know her real well. When I left she gave me a picture of Elvis and Marilyn Monroe. I still have that picture on my bedroom wall. So sad to think about Rosie gone.

About ten years ago my best friend since 9th grade in Roby passed away. Her name was Jane. We had kept in touch all these years somehow. She was in a car accident and was paralyzed from the waist down.

A few years before that my brothers first wife had went to get a biopsy of her lungs. She never came home. One never knows what will happen the next day. I guess we need to be prepared for what ever comes our way.

And just feel lucky that we wake up every morning. We have so much to be grateful for......Every day that we are alive. My Dad outlived all of his friends. He lived to be 92. I think I have his genes. When we do pass we are going on to better things......But for now I am just grateful that I am pretty healthy.