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October 8th, 2014 at 12:49 pm

My very good friend from high school learned yesterday that her mother died suddenly. It was likely a heart attack. She was 63. My heart just breaks for my friend and her whole family. I know they will miss her so much.

The good news is financial. My husband's pay increase and back pay since September 1 for his promotion seem to have been processed. The check next week is much much bigger than usual. Unfortunately, I won't be able to see the specifics on the pay stub for two weeks, since their is only one pay stub per month.

I also have one bid on an item I relisted. And someone is watching another item. Would love them both to sell!

I did get magazines decluttered yesterday, but no new posts have been written on Your Organized Friend. I pull three recipes from the magazines and recycled them. I still have three I'm holding on to, since they have a lot of recipes I'm interested in. The blogs I'm following for the challenge indicate the the junk drawer and car should be decluttered for today. I might just be able to get those done. Smile

Any tips on how to support a very good friend while she processes the death of her mother? I'm hours away. I expect likely lots of talking over the next days, weeks and months to come.

Posted in Sales, Surveys, Rebates, Family, Organizing /Cleaning, Income | 6 Comments »

6 Responses to “Sad and Good News”

  1. scottish girl Says:
    October 8th, 2014 at 01:34 pm 1412775291
    1412775291

    I'm so sorry about your friend's mum. This isn't the same but a woman that I used to work with, her husband died suddenly of a heart attack (she found him) I remember her saying that just having someone there to listen when she spoke about him helped. Is she an.

  2. scottish girl Says:
    October 8th, 2014 at 01:37 pm 1412775445
    1412775445

    * is she an only child? Will she have help planning the funeral if she has to do it?

  3. CB in the City Says:
    October 8th, 2014 at 01:38 pm 1412775511
    1412775511

    Just listen and hug, when you are close enough. Be patient. It takes so much longer to get over a loss like this than people expect.

  4. creditcardfree Says:
    October 8th, 2014 at 01:51 pm 1412776299
    1412776299

    Thanks ladies! @scottish girl, my friend has a large family and her mother had two sisters and two brothers. It is a large family that will lean on each other during this time.

  5. ceejay74 Says:
    October 8th, 2014 at 02:36 pm 1412779014
    1412779014

    Sorry to hear that! One of my co-workers just lost a brother-in-law at the same time as losing our beloved work friend and has two funerals this week. Loss of younger people and sudden deaths seem especially hard. 63 seems too young to die. My heart goes out to you and your friend.

  6. FrugalTexan75 Says:
    October 10th, 2014 at 02:44 am 1412909083
    1412909083

    Listening, maybe a thoughtful card, but mostly listening. I'm sorry for your friend's loss.

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