As the title says really. I'm feeling like I should be back in my home town helping to comfort her family, and doing everything I can for them. Our youngest DD's were in the same class throughout primary school, and part of secondary, then we moved over 500 miles from my family, as they were incredibly toxic.
My friend understood our reasons and said she would love to come over to see us, with her DH and their girls. We used to have a great time at each other's BBQ's, having a few drinks, chatting away. Now, those time will be tinged with sadness.
She died in the early hours of yesterday morning, after a long illness. She always had a smile on her face, and when she wasn't up to putting a smile on, she wouldn't see people. Her relative (who helped me move to our current town), said that her illness was kept at bay for the mean time. That was around 18 months ago. Now she's gone, and I have this maternal urge to go over and visit, and to just hold her husband and girls tight.
TBH, I'm absolutely heartbroken for them. My concern is her girls, her husband and her parents, and I just wish I could take their pain away. Or at least share their burden.
Sorry folks, I'm just itching to get back to my home town to do everything I can to try and comfort them.