Savannah Jane

In a twist of ‘the universe is unfair’, Savannah’s beautiful, vibrant, 27 year old teacher has cancer. It makes me blindingly angry when I think about it too deeply. I can only believe that she will get better and live a long life because living well is the best revenge. Yes, I’m personifying a disease.

Anyway, the only funny thing to come out of this is when I was telling Savannah why she would be having a substitute this semester. We talked about what cancer was and she had some great questions such as ‘is it a germ?’ I answered her questions as best as I could. She took a moment, looked intently at me and asked ‘is there an EXPERT we could talk to about this?’

Sigh…..

We watched E.T. with S for the first time Sunday evening. She giggled through the first part of the movie and then broke down into heaving sobs when she thought ET had died. I don’t like telling her how movies are going to end but at one point she was so inconsolable I had to tell her it would be OK at the end. She ended up declaring ‘best movie ever!’

‘I’ll be right here’

So I can’t believe I have friends that are turning 40. We are all still acting like we are 25 and don’t have mortgages and kids.

A very special friend turned 40 this past month. He is the person I have known the longest and still keep in touch with. We have known each other since we were 12, so 28 years! What? How is that possible? Well I love him and his wife and darling kiddo. Happy Birthday Sir. Fun to celebrate with you tonight.