Thank you, it was just so damn unexpected, she went from having pneumonia to her heart failing from it in literally two days. I should probably explain that my friend is 20 years older than me and I am no spring chicken. I've always had an assorted group of friends because if I meet somebody I get along with then literally nothing else about them matters. Which is lucky for me because he and his lady have been great friends to me for over 20 years. She didn't have any grandchildren from her two kids and since she was like a second mother to me I of course took mine over there as much as I could so I could enjoy all of their faces lighting up together.
I don't think enough people appreciate the vast array of things we can learn from older generations if we take the time to listen. Maybe it's because I'm a writer that I've always been a sucker for a good story. Some things you just can't learn about until it happens to you, unless you are patient enough to listen to another persons life experiences.
But I'm rambling here sorry, I got lost in thought while typing and my fingers always tend to keep going when that happens ;)