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This morning I went on Facebook and saw messages that were all being sent to a Facebook friend of mine.  They said things like, 'I'll miss you' and 'I don't know what I'll do without you' and then I saw the words 'Rest in peace'.  What a way to find out someone you know died!
I went to her wall and saw a huge number of memorial messages and then below them, I saw her own last posts and status updates.  It was eerie looking at her last days and hours.  She had no idea.  She died suddenly of a suspected heart attack.  She was 33 years old. I haven't seen her in a couple of years I didn't know her well, but I still cried as I looked at her wall.  This is what she wrote on her bio page - "Don't be a Liar, it wears down your soul. Love slowly, never settle, always be happy and surround yourself with good people. You can't change what has already happened but you can change what will happen. Most of all, always just smile."
She was close with a dear friend of mine.  I can't tell you how much loss my friend has had - too much for one person.  She was a widow at 32 years old.  Her mother died shortly thereafter and this year she lost two close friends (who have died young) and her beloved dog . My heart is breaking for her.  I hate that she has to go through this again and I hate that I can't be there with her as she goes through it.

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