Cancer Sucks

Last night I was informed that a wonderful soul was lost to cancer.  I didn't know Raine very well, but the few times I did hang out with her, I felt like I had known her for years.  I remember the first time I had met her.  I was in search of an apartment...I was in a bad family situation, and I needed to leave pronto.  I went to several places, and they all wanted a deposit before they would save me a place.  Not Raine.  She didn't ask too many questions, but she understood that I needed a place to live on my own.  I didn't have any money, but that didn't matter to her.  She saved my apartment for me until the 1st of the month, when I would be able to pay the rent and deposit.  No one else would be shown the place, she said.  That was awesome of her to do.  Not very many apartment managers would do that, but she did.  She left that job and I didn't see her again for a couple of years.  Turns out, we both knew our friends Richard and Tipton.  I would see her at their house from time to time, and it was obvious that she was pretty sick by then, and it was also obvious that she was in so much pain, but she was still happy.  Always had a smile on her face.  Most people would have already felt sorry for themselves and cut themselves off from the world, but not Raine.  She seemed to live life to the fullest, and never let anything get her down.  She has inspired me to fight harder in my own cancer battle.  I'm not gonna let cancer take away my spirit.  She didn't.
*kathy*