This morning while getting ready to head out for school a neighbor stopped by to tell me some bad news. She wanted to let me know that my next door neighbor had been killed Saturday morning and that her husband is still in critical condition. Why am I sharing this as my blog entry? And why the title?
My thoughts immediately turned to my first day of meeting Pat and her husband. She came over with a fresh baked loaf of banana bread with an index card attached with their names, phone numbers and a welcome to the neighborhood card. Over the years we had conversations about her work, her passion for helping others, her family, etc.
It seems like just a couple of days ago, she came over with fresh tomatoes from their garden and invited me over to help harvest more from their garden. I just waved at her Friday morning and now she is gone. I do still have my memory of that first meeting and all of the days since.
Police identify O'Fallon, Ill., woman killed by car in crosswalk : News
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