[notfarnow]

...since a very good family friend got sick a few weeks ago. Easy to stay positive as you run errands for them and bring food over and try to help out as best you can.

Easy to keep busy, and distracted, when they are in the hospital and you start shuttling family members and friends who are coming to town.

And when they slip away, you get a few days relief as the process of saying goodbye takes over.

But when it's all over, and you are left with that first quiet day... not easy.