At a senior assisted living apartment building, people come and go. Mostly they go to the hospital and then rehab. Sometimes they come back. I saw a friend of my parents last week when I took my father to the gerontologist. She was in great spirits and looking forward to coming back. She visited the building on Friday and my mother remarked how happy she was to see her. You don't need to know her health problems, suffice it to say they were severe.
Shirley died this morning. My mother is devastated. We are in agreement that we're glad she did not have to suffer very much and that she got to see her friends before she died. Then my mother gave the greatest eulogy a person could have. She said, "Shirley was one of a kind. She was tolerant with a good word for everybody. She was a friend to all. She was kind to all. I am going to miss her."
Goodbye dear lady, may we all be as graciously remembered.
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