Never Forgotten

At 2:30am on August 3rd the world lost an amazing person, my best friend Ashley's mother (Debbie). I have known Ashley for 10 years now and have MANY memories with her mother. When I met Ashley she was only 16 and I was 18 so we did a lot of things at her house and were ALWAYS together- this obviously means I got to spend a lot of time with her family.
I spent Tuesday night at the hospital with Ashley after she received a phone call from Erik that her mother had stopped breathing and the paramedics were doing CPR. When Ashley called me on her way to the hospital I was in total shock- who would think at 52 years old this would happen. I never in a million years expected to get this call from Ashley anytime in the near future. I rushed to the hospital and arrived around 6:30pm. When we left at 11:30 that night it was already known that at sometime in the night Debbie would be making her journey to heaven. I know that God has a plan for every one of us and his plan for Debbie was for her to be in heaven now but it doesn't make the reality of this any easier. I have been with Ashley through the grieving of the loss of her grandfather and John was there for Ashley when her father passed away a few months before I met her. Ashley has to be the strongest person I know and I know she will get through this and be strong but I know there is a long road ahead of her before she finds what her new "normal" life will be like. I spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night at Ashley's house spending time with her (and staying up way too late!) and I'm glad I have been able to offer her the support I can. I am grateful I was able to have Debbie in my life for as long as she was, she was truly an amazing person and I know I will NEVER forget her!