I've had a rough night and day. It seems so surreal and I cannot wrap my head around it. One of my very close friends, who took me in as a teenager when I was really struggling with life and whether I wanted to live or not, treated me like the daughter she never had, loved me unconditionally, passed away last night. She had surgery a few days ago and later on was found slumped over and unconscious in her hospital bed. She was moved to ICU and put on life support, and passed away at 7:12pm last night my time. She was very young and leaves behind two teenage boys and her husband of 8 years. They just celebrated their 8th anniversary on the 19th, and her grandma passed away on the 21st. Her parents were preparing her grandmother's funeral when they got the call about their daughter.
I am so beyond heartbroken right now and keep checking her Facebook page hoping to see that it was a dream or a false report and she's recovering. I can't even make it out to Alberta to attend her funeral and give a proper goodbye. I really hope she knows my heart and how much I love her and will miss her. She was like a second mom to me.
I guess I can consider myself lucky that I went 28 years before losing someone extremely close to me. This hurts so much.