Yesterday a friend caught up with me online and let me know that she is expecting her first baby. Leigh always reminded me of another friend of mine Claudine....I once even introduced Leigh to friends as Claudine!....sorry Leigh lol.
Chatting to Leigh naturally brought Claudine to mind, so I did what any office worker would do and Googled Claudine to find contact details or some information that would enable me to get in touch with her again.
We had not spoken in perhaps eight years and I was sure that by now she would have kids and be the amazing mom that I always imagined she would be.
The first item in Google's search results was Claudine's death notice.
I could not believe it.
Tracking down another former colleague I learned that Claudine had been fighting cancer for a number of years and finally lost her fight last January.
She had indeed had a little girl with her husband David, and had been courageous and graceful throughout her battle.
I will always remember Claudine as, above all, a real lady. She was beautiful, to look at and to know.
I have a photograph of Claudine holding my son when my friends came to the hospital when he was born. It always seemed to me a real life image of the Madonna and Child.
Although we did keep in touch for some time after, when I left the job where we worked I sent messages for my closest friends there. I don't remember what I said to anyone. But I will always remember what I told Claudine:
"I will miss you most".
It will be true forever.
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