SO VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS---IT IS NEVER EASY TO LOSE A FRIEND BUT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD THAT YOU WERE THERE FOR HER, WITH THE QUILT, WALL HANGING, SCARF AND COVER UP THROUGH IT ALL. I LOST MY BEST FRIEND FROM HIGHSCHOOL 2 YEARS AGO THIS COMING SEPTEMBER---SHE WAS DIABETIC MOST OF HER LIFE, AND DEVELOPED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, DEGENERATIVE EYE DISEASE, AND KIDNEY FAILURE IN THE LATER YEARS. I HAD MOVED AWAY SOME YEARS AGO AND WHAT WITH THE DAY TO DAY THINGS OF RAISING OUR FAMILIES, WE LOST TOUCH. I DID CONTACT HER THE YEAR BEFORE VIA SNAIL MAIL AT FIRST AND THEN EMAIL AND WE TALKED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL HER DEATH, BUT I WILL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF FOR NOT JUMPING ON A PLANE IMMEDIATELY TO GO SEE HER EVEN THOUGH SHE NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE BECAUSE I HAD JUST LOST MY MOM THE YEAR BEFORE TO THAT DISEASE. I MISS HER IMMENSELY. YOU ARE A GREAT FRIEND AND SHE KNEW IT. PLEASE TAKE SOME PEACE IN THAT.