Loss of a Friend Tough to Swallow

Loss of a friend tough to swallow

Rebecca Lynne Spivey. That name is among several that have been with me for as long as I remember and one that will remain there as long as I have a memory.

The National Institutes of Hope

(Photo courtesy of National Institutes of Health)April marked the 1-year anniversary of the death of one of my closest friends. She was 42 — my age. Two years earlier, she was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer of the uterus. She had a heart that loved so many, and a heart that so many loved. Her prognosis wasn’t good. But she wasn’t ready to die. And no one who loved her was ready for that either. She survived multiple surgeries, multiple rounds of…