Farewell friend...

One of my favorite coworkers has turned in her notice effective this week.  Her reasons for doing so are very noble and, although I’ll miss her very much, I would do the same in her place.  You see, her best friend has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is fatally ill.  I haven’t asked questions but my understanding is that it’s too far progressed to warrant a hope for survival.  She has asked for no expressions of sympathies because her control over her emotions is so tenuous, she has to use all her strength and determination to focus on her work and preparing to leave so she can be with her best friend through this ordeal.  

So I can only stand and watch as she wrestles with her grief, try to be as helpful as possible, and hope, when she is prepared to receive messages of sympathy, that she reads this and knows that she has my understanding, my sympathy, and a shoulder to lean on when she returns.