At the Bridge

All those nights when you can't sleep

Your heart and mind is racing
 

Are you standing on that bridge


Which way are you facing?


My heart is full today


For the recently departed


Of sorrow and of sympathy


Into that land uncharted.

-Suzanne Vega

On January 17th, I lost one of my best friends, Ellen. She loved life. She was a good women and a great friend. She had colon cancer and was severaly depressed (who wouldn't be?) She took her own life, and I can't imagine how much pain she must have been in to do that. Mum and Mel knew her ver well, and it is not consistent with any of our memories of her. Obviously, she was in a very dark place. I honestly can't even imagine how bad it must have been for her. 

I've tried to right song lyrics to remember her, but I haven't been able to..., yet. It'll come eventually. It always does. 

If life has taught me anything (and it hasn't,) it's that we all go through periods when we are engulfed in darkness. The key to survival is to never stop searching for the light.

I love you, Ellen. And that will never end.