I Miss You

March 19th is the birthday of my friend Sandra M. Dobson. She passed on November 6, 2007 from cervical cancer. She left behind many who love and miss her very much. My birthday is the 29th of March and we always celebrated our birthday month together whenever I was in town. It was on her birthday two years ago that I discovered she was sick. I will never forget calling her at work to wish her a happy birthday, because I live in California and she still resided in Savannah, Ga. When I called the phone was passed to her boss and he told me that Sandra was out sick, so I asked when will she be back and he told me that she had been in the hospital for three weeks and he didn't believe that she would be returning to work. I then called her mom and her mom told me that she had been diagnosed with cancer and was in the hospital. After falling apart, I tried to compose myself enough to call her at the hospital, and I did, when I heard her voice I could not talk. I finally told her who I was, and she understood. I didn't want to breakdown on the phone with her because she was going through enough, but I couldn't speak, and believe me I have never been a person loss for words. Here was my friend of over 30 years, in a stage of cancer where there was no return, she was going to die. I flew out to see her and then she got better and I thought that I was going to have her a little while longer, even though I called her atleast once a day from the moment I discovered that she was sick. I was going to fly home for Thanksgiving of 2007 and spend some more time with her, which was just 7 months from my last visit, but she was tired, and she went to sleep before then. It has been one of the most painful things that I have had to go through, but I thank God that she was my friend for as long as she was. She made a big difference in my life, that girl kept me grounded, and I love her dearly for it. I hurt because I made it to the age of 47 and she didn't make it, see we were born the same year as well as the same month.

I miss you my friend and I love you, I will never forget you.

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