A Friend's Passing

I just found out that a friend of my mother's for at least the last 45 years passed yesterday evening at 6:10pm.
She had been told last Monday, June 9th that she only had a few weeks left due to cancer they just found that morning - she lived until June 16th.

It is no earth shattering news - her passing - to the world at large, but anytime someone passes we are lessened ... more so on a personal level when it is a friend.
Having a friend for decades is something that is actually rare so cherish the ones you have.