"it is well..."

My friend Suzanne has loved to sing since she was little. I knew this, because I grew up hearing her sing a lot. Her mom Joan loved to sing too, but I don’t think I ever knew that until tonight. Joan died of cancer last Thursday.

At her memorial service tonight, a nurse who works at Valley spoke. He'd spent a lot of time with Joan when she was in the hospital these last few weeks. He mentioned that before going back home over the holidays, Joan and Malcolm told him to tell his parents thank you for lending him to care for her. Tonight he said, “thank you, Malcolm, for lending Joan to me.”

And Suzanne, who loves to sing, sang beautifully.

Sometimes, like Bubs says, there’s a thin line between here and heaven.