She Will Be Remembered

. She was sick a day last week which happens, but then she was sick a second day. Then a third.. and I had asked my colleague if he knew if she was okay, as we were both worried about her. She was oldschool, in that she took ONE sick day out of a bunch but would just trudge through after a bit of rest. When she took the second, then we didn't hear from her on any of the rest.. we were nervous that something was certainly up.

I got the news one evening that she passed away in her sleep on the night of the second day she officially called out sick from work. That's why we didn't hear from her, but one of our leaders knowing her as well as we do, was nervous for her and got in touch with her emergency contacts, to do a wellness check but that's where we found out that she had passed.

I have lost a few work colleagues over the years, but none that I was as close to as I was Jane. It is with a heavy heart that I think back on the fond memories I've got with her. The weekend Go Live parties (facetiously calling them parties) that we unknowingly had.. all of the laughs we shared. Jane was a special woman, and I am glad that she is now at peace, with her husband that preceded her passing untimely as well.

Losing people you know is tough, and losing someone that you are friends with and care deeply about is never easy. I feel very fortunate that I got to spend the last several years that I did getting to know Jane and being able to participate in this thing we call life, with her along for the ride even if it was virtual and work. She is going to be missed.