My friend Barb passed away this morning. She was 61. Five months ago she discovered that she had lung cancer which had spread into her brain. I think she knew that she didn't have much time left. Once it's in your brain, there's not much else you can do, but she fought to the end. She had chemotherapy and radiation therapy but at the end of the day, she lost.
Barb and I met at my work. She was hired as the receiptionist and she was one of the funniest persons I knew. She laughed at everything - funny or not. She laughed at the hand she was dealt in life, which wasn't always great one. But I envied her always positive attitude.
We lost contact a few years ago. I left work to have a baby and she left after an accident left her unable to work. I thought about her often and had hoped that she would come through this cancer fine.
In true Barb fashion, she has donated her body to science. And I think that is the perfect ending to her life. I will miss my friend.
