New 'puter, old friends & RIP.

Here I am typing from my new computer!  A macbook.  Drummergirl & Mr. Drummergirl helped me out in getting this little gem.  I totally love it!  It makes homework so much easier & better.  Thanks guys!  

I found my old best friend from when I was a little girl.  Deedra was my best friend & enemy at times from the age of 3 to about 9 when we moved from Vallejo back to Sacramento.  On a whim, I looked her up on Myspace & found her.  She now lives in Elk Grove with her family.  I emailed her & she emailed me right back.  She said she has been trying to get a hold of me for 3 years.  I went to her house today & we had a blast reminiscing and catching up.  While we were talking about when we were kids, she told her daughter "remember when we were talking about scars & mommy showed you this scar on her hand?  Well, this is the lady who gave it to me."  We used to physically fight like there was no tomorrow.  We'd always make up right after, though.   She is a stay at home mom with 3 little ones.  She looks & sounds the same.  I am so glad that we are and going to be in contact especially since she lives so close now.  

She told me that her mom died last year.  A month before my aunt died.  Beth was the sweetest woman.  She went through hell.  She had 6 bouts of cancer, two heart surgeries and finally she developed MS which finally took her life.  When Deedra told me on Friday that Beth had died, I cried for two days.  I told my mom & she's been crying too.  After my mom left us when I was 8 & my brother was 6, my dad worked the grave yard shift at the ship yard so he would drop us off at Beth's & she would feed us, take us to school & just be there for us.  She kept normalcy in our lives when our little worlds were being turned upside down.  I will never forget the kindness she showed my brother & I.  I am sorry I was never able to tell her how grateful I was for all she did for us, but at least I am able to tell Deedra how much she meant to us & how I will never forget her kindness....