Good Bye

When I past the empty seat, I have to try very hard not to thinking about my co-worker who passed away last week from breath cancer. It is so sad to realize that she would never come back to work. I worked with her only for very short time. And then, very soon, she was absence since for the cancer treatment.

I was in shook for a couple weeks – it was first time someone who I worked with die at the job. She thought that she had at least six months. She was doing her best to have activities with her family. And suddenly, her condition was done hill and over so quickly.

A couple days ago, we went together to the memorial service. That day, I met her survivor family members who are her parents, husband, daughter, son in law and grand kids.

When the parents talked, they were hardly to finish it. People sobbed. I was so sad for the family. A professor who sat next to me taped my shoulder and said, “That is so not fair that kids die before the parents.” I nodded my head. I cannot image how much pain the parents suffer from losing their daughter. The next half hours, people walked to the microphone and shared stories about her.

One the way back to office, one of our staff said, “I’d like to hear those good things before I die.” She continued, “I bet she doesn’t know how people think her this way before she die.”

I don’t know what to say, but my co-worker was right. Express your feeling to who you love, who you care, now. Don’t wait till he/she is gone.

This is a “good-bye” season. Some of my friends graduated from school and move on. Some of them, we may not see each other again.

Every moment now is precious. If you are reading my blog, I want you to know that I care about you, my friends, and I love you, my family.