Zoe Girl
10-15-16, 10:39am
I finally talked to an old friend. We have been playing phone tag, I have seen her call and not picked up because I need to get to sleep earlier, but I feel bad now.
Her kids moved to Missouri, her 2 daughters. One is married without kids and the other is married with 3 kids and was pregnant again. They live close to each other and help each other out. The pregnant daughter is always scary because she is a diabetic on a pump. So my friend got the call that they went to the DR and there was no heartbeat, her daughter had the baby knowing she had died. So the whole drive out (from Denver) she knew this and drove by herself. She told me she got to hold her and they took a photo and did clay footprints. So sad.
She was also obviously drinking. This was an issue many years ago and I had one of those sh**y conversations with her about it. She passed out talking to me on the phone a couple times. The last few phone calls and over the last several years she has been better, however last night she kept on repeating herself (normal to talk out her grief) and asking the same questions and then there would be silence where I would ask if she was still on the phone. I would really like to connect more, meet for lunch or something but she works multiple jobs so that is very hard to schedule. She usually asks if I have a job for her, but she makes more money doing what she is doing and is very far away from my school. We met when i we were both paras and I was getting my masters degree. She still works as a special needs preschool para in a district that is much better than mine honestly. I think it is just about wanting to connect more, and I do miss her too.
Her kids moved to Missouri, her 2 daughters. One is married without kids and the other is married with 3 kids and was pregnant again. They live close to each other and help each other out. The pregnant daughter is always scary because she is a diabetic on a pump. So my friend got the call that they went to the DR and there was no heartbeat, her daughter had the baby knowing she had died. So the whole drive out (from Denver) she knew this and drove by herself. She told me she got to hold her and they took a photo and did clay footprints. So sad.
She was also obviously drinking. This was an issue many years ago and I had one of those sh**y conversations with her about it. She passed out talking to me on the phone a couple times. The last few phone calls and over the last several years she has been better, however last night she kept on repeating herself (normal to talk out her grief) and asking the same questions and then there would be silence where I would ask if she was still on the phone. I would really like to connect more, meet for lunch or something but she works multiple jobs so that is very hard to schedule. She usually asks if I have a job for her, but she makes more money doing what she is doing and is very far away from my school. We met when i we were both paras and I was getting my masters degree. She still works as a special needs preschool para in a district that is much better than mine honestly. I think it is just about wanting to connect more, and I do miss her too.