Saying Goodbye to a Friend that I never met...

I chatted with Julia on one of the adoption boards that I'm on. She emailed me privately on something a couple of months ago. She and I exchanged the addresses to our blogs. She is a woman who was adopted from Korea in 1983. I am a parent to three kids from Korea. I read all of her blog. Her words resounded in my ears and my head. She is a light in the darkness.

I learned tonight that she lost her hard fought battle with cancer. Her last chapter has been read...unfortunately there was no editing like we had hoped. I'm so sorry that I met her so late...I wished that I had gotten to know her better and much sooner. Now her light shines amongst the stars.

Julia, I'm so sorry that we met so late. I hope that I can count you as a friend of mine since you certainly seem like the type of person I would have liked to gotten to know better.

I told Jeff about the loss of Julia. After telling him, I had to see my kids and give them each a hug and a kiss to let them know that they are loved. They were sleeping peacefully during the whole thing.

If you haven't done so already, please register yourself as a bone marrow donor. You never know who's life you may save.

Lighting a candle for you sweet Julia.

With a heavy heart tonight,

~Jen