Dear Ted and family….I didn't know Cathy was sick…Susie and I had so little time to catch up lately. I am so saddened and stunned by the news. A friend told me Susie had been in close contact and in fact, had been down to lend a hand last year. Two beautiful, kind and practically perfect women, dying within weeks of each other is so overwhelming! I spent my high school years so very ill and with a horrible prognosis, yet here I sit, crying for my two childhood friends. Once again we are reminded that God will decide when and how, and that every day with family and friends is more precious than anything else we will have in this lifetime. God be with you all in your grief….please give Aunt Lee a hug from me….I spent so much time in that restaurant with Cyd, Lee, Amelia and Gloria….losing those we love….the price God asks from us for all the amazing gifts He gives us……..Kathy Castine Blackburn