bethb's Diaryland Diary

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christine

my friend's wife died yesterday after a 1.5 year long battle with lukemia.
i started to make her a hat and scarf in pinks and browns and oranges but i never finished it. partly because i'm a slow knitter. partly because i felt a little weird because i'd only met her a few times, but vin (my friend) and she were (are) awesome and have an adorable son. i think i mostly didn't finish it because i was hoping she would never need it. that this lukemia thing was a blip. and updates from vin sounded hopeful...and then not so good. and then a little promising, and then sad, but still optimistic.
when the updates petered away i thought "yay!" not "oh no"
and then i heard yesterday she passed away.
i don't know what to say. what do you say? how do you show support? what can you do? is there anything?
it's just not fair that this beautiful woman with a family and a life and a son was taken so early.
i will finish that hat and i will make more and i will get my stupid website up and i will sell them and donate the money to lukemia research.

10:31 a.m. - 2005-04-14

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