A Fresh Start Today

Today started better than yesterday...the snow is clean and refreshing. Sadly yesterday began with the lady next door taking her life. She went outside and shot herself. She was a renter and had been there since September...yet we had never met her. I only saw her outdoors once, briefly as we drove out. I couldn't have picked her out of a lineup if challenged.

Police, fire and EMS came, whisked her away. I had to go into the house (we have the key, owners are in CA) and locate her purse so they could ID her. They rushed her to the hospital, then airlifted her to the trauma center. I understand she's brain dead and on life support until her son can arrive from overseas. Very very sad. What's stuck in my mind is cleaning up the side yard after everyone left, didn't want to leave that there as a reminder.

Sad that we never had a chance to know her, I always looked for her when I was outside to say "hi", but the only hint that she was even living there was that the trash cans went in and out each week, and I could hear the central vacuum running from time to time.

May she rest in peace.