Thankful

It's kind of been a bummer of a weekend here at our house this weekend. We got home from our trip to Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, unpacked and got settled back home. Thursday we had plans to have lunch with a teaching friend who was in town for the break, since we hadn't seen her in a while (Jill). We had a great time at Santa Fe Flats, always do. We had a good little group. All 4 of us, Mimi, Jill and her 2 girls, and Linda. I have known Linda for as long as I can remember. She had taught with my mom for ever and ever, finished teaching at my school for two years, and then retired. I student taught for Linda, she always helped host a wedding/baby shower for me, and the list goes on. When I lost my dad, I sort of adopted some 'other mother's' and 'second dad's' who really stepped up and helped our family out. Linda and her husband, Jim were some of those people. In the last year, Linda was diagnosed with lung cancer, but was to the point of just maintenance chemo. She was beating it.

This is Linda (far left) with Trey at his second birthday...

Friday evening, we got a shocking phone call that Linda had passed away. Seriously? I just had lunch with her yesterday. I don't think it has set in yet. However, I am so thankful that I got to have lunch with her. My mom just lost one of her dearest friends. They went to church together, shopped together, and vacationed together. To say the visitation on Monday and funeral on Tuesday is going to be tough is probably the understatement of the year. My heart aches for her two sons and her two grandchildren. They had such an awesome bond.

Linda was a great business teacher. When I student taught with her she taught me that I could maybe grasp accounting, even though I didn't want to. She taught me that it's okay to lay your head down during your conference period and catch a 20 minute cat nap. She taught me that if it didn't get done today, you always have tomorrow to go over it. I wish I had tomorrow with her.

Here is Linda with my mom and a few other teaching friends...

We learned a valuable lesson this weekend. Live like there's no tomorrow, because sometimes there isn't one. Linda, you're already missed.