Heartbroken

I just found out that my son Adam's best friend, Jackson's, mom died yesterday. She was a freelance writer whom you can read about here. I remember getting a letter from the school at the beginning of last year when she fell ill, but I never made the connection because Adam had not yet begun a relationship with Jackson. I remember praying for her at that time but unfortunatly her name then faded from my memory until I read this article from our local newspaper. That's when it all came back. When I read her name I instantly new this was Jackson's mom. UGH, my heart aches for their family. Poor Jackson to loose his mother at such a young age. I am not sure if Adam will know about this when he comes home. I am assuming there will be a letter sent home but I don't know if they actually tell the students at school or let their parents tell them later. :'(

She wrote this article in the Washingpost a few years ago not knowing what was to come.

My husband asked me if I knew her, and I said I didn't, but things are connecting in my brain now and I do remember meeting her once a few years ago at the playground where our children now attend 2nd grade before she became ill. It was before Jackson and Adam were even in school. I briefly spoke with her as our children played. Oh man, this makes me so sad.