Midlife’s A Trip

It Felt Like Midlife Crisis Today

Posted on 02. Nov, 2007 by Karen in Family and Friends, Midlife Moments

This morning when I turned on my laptop, I had an email from late last night with news that a dear friend died yesterday.  The loss hit me like a ton of bricks.  Margaret was this amazing woman who just had her 89th birthday in October.  I just saw her in the last month or so and she looked wonderful.  Well, maybe a little more frail but I think in my heart I chose to ignore that.

Margaret was my first intergenerational friend.  I’d known her most of my life but it wasn’t until I was 25 years old that we became friends when she helped me out on a research project.  At the time I didn’t know what I was doing and in her gentle way, Margaret shifted me to another path where I ended up having great success.  That’s how she was with her mentoring and friendship–the master of gentle suggestion to do something differently.  We all listened and we all benefited.

As I got to know Margaret as a friend and not just someone my parents knew, I realized how very lucky I was that this kind, smart, charming woman took an interest in my life.  Recently there was a tribute to her and I was asked to speak.  I am so grateful now that I had the opportunity to tell her before she died how blessed I was to have her friendship over the last 30 years. 

So as I sit here and feel the sorrow, I think about how Margaret is in heaven gently shifting me to a path where I can move past the sorrow towards the wonderful memories I have of times we spent together.  One day soon I’ll get there but the loss of my friend makes today feel like a midlife crisis.

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