A very dear friend of mine passed away rather quickly. She had been bravely fighting cancer. She celebrated the end of her chemo treatments. And less than a month later, she passed away.

This took us all by surprise. And it has been devastated.

Yesterday our ABA therapist sent me some videos thru google drive. I don’t use this much and am not very good with it. And as I was looking for the videos, I find a folder with a strange label. As I start looking at what is inside the folder, I realize these are phone calls. I used to record all of my phone calls due to what happened to my son in kindergarten. I started recorded the conversations with the school staff.

I hadn’t realized I had these calls in google drive. I opened the first saved call, and it was my friend that had passed.

She called me because she had read one of my posts. I wish I knew which post it was.

But she starts telling me how proud she is of me. She tells me what a great mom I am to the monkey. She is crying. Then I start crying.

She wanted me to know that I am doing an amazing job and wants me to be happy. 🥹

And she kept telling me to keep going. That it will get better. She tells me how much she loves me. She said that sometimes it feels like it is the end of the world, but I need to keep trucking. And to hold on to those small accomplishments that my monkey is doing and continue to try.

She said she is here for me and that she loves me.

I cannot explain how this call made me feel. Since last night I have heard this call over 30 times.

I miss her so much.

She ended the call telling me she will always be there for me.

She’s just a phone call away.