Tuesday - February 2nd
Tonight I got on Facebook for a little while. First thing I saw, was a message from Maryann. She asked if I knew Lori Gillen. She said, "isn't she the one you babysat for?" I replied, "Yes." I wondered if maybe she had met her somewhere or why she was asking me. I figured she'd tell me why she asked after I replied, so I stopped myself from asking her why she wanted to know.
After messaging her, I went to the home page to scroll through all the posts. I noticed a friend from the old ward, Brooke (who was the choir director when I was the choir pianist), had set up a go fund me account. I thought, "Oh no! I hope everything is okay with her." I clicked on the link to see what was going on and my heart sank as I saw a picture of my friend Lori with her girls at the top of the page. I was so shocked to read that she passed away. She had cancer and lost her battle. I had been feeling like I should call her, back in September and October, but I didn't do it. I hadn't talked to her in a long time. I wish I had been a better friend. I had no idea that she had cancer.
I met her shortly after we moved to the town houses. She had recently divorced and was trying to make it on her own with her 4 girls. I did what I could to help her out. Mostly, babysitting. I loved her little family. They were rowdy, but lots of fun. Lori was so nice and we had lots of fun visiting while the kids played. Eventually, she moved and I didn't see her as often. She got a job driving a school bus and she was assigned to drive the kids in our area, so I got to see every morning for a long time. Most of the time, they were in a hurry, so I just smiled and waved. The kids all loved her as their bus driver. They said she was the nicest of all the bus drivers they ever had.
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