So sorry for your loss.

Very sorry, and yes I think as best we can, we understand and we are here for you.

Outside, so sorry to hear this. I believe that sharing here will give you the comfort in knowing that we are your shoulder to lean on.

(Hugs)

I'm so sorry for your loss. She was a great friend.

I understand completely the pain you are feeling. I am so sorry for your loss and for her son

and family's loss. The sudden ones are hard to grasp at first. Sending a coping prayer

and a hug to all who loved her.

I'm so sorry. You and your family were fortunate to be able to share such a close and loving relationship with her for so long. It makes absolute sense that she knew it was time to go...I've seen it with others as well. Sending you thoughts of comfort and solace in your time of sorrow.

That's sad, I'm very sorry.

What a great friendship. My sincere condolences to all who knew and loved your friend.

I am so sorry for the loss of your long time friend. Those friendships are so valuable and become part of the fabric of ones life.

This is a very sad time for you and her son and family. Good friendships are almost as important as family. I've lost quite a few friends in the past years so I share your pain.

Of course we understand. We've always known close friendships are important, but when we lose one we fully realize just how important they are. I hope the happy memories you made with yours will rise to the top soon. The friend I speak to in depth most often is 14 years older than I, and I'm 78. It's a worry at times.

Prayers for you, and everyone who loved her. May she rest in peace.

so glad you have some great memories!

I'm so sorry.

So sad and made sadder by your not being able to see her in person for so long. I know where you are in this.

I'm sorry for your loss of such a special friend.

So sorry, Outside. Losing a dear friend is always difficult. So much love makes for so much grief.

Very sorry about the loss of your dear friend.

Friends are the family you choose for yourself. Losing a close friend, so unexpectedly like that, is brutal. First it's the shock, and then the overwhelming sense of loss hits. It is clear from your post how much you loved her. I'm so very sorry.

I am sorry for your loss Outside. The older we get the more we realize just how important our relationships are with our family, friends and friends that are family.

Peace to you as you navigate through this time.

I am sorry for you loss and can identify. My best friend of 50 years passed away in 2020. She had lung cancer but as she lived on Vancouver Island and was so immunocomprimised, I wasn't able to visit her at all the year before she died. We talked on the phone and facetimed for as long as she was up for it but she was too weak the last couple of months of her life. When she went into hospice, her daughter set a day up with me to help my friend with Facetime, but sadly she passed the day before that was to happen. I miss her so much and still think "oh - I'll have to tell Susan that..."

That is indeed sad, Outside and I'm so sorry that you have lost such a good friend. You have shared so much in the 50 years that you knew each other. It is a difficult time and I hope you will find solace in all of your memories.

(((outside)))

Please immerse yourself in the memories of your friendship as your friend is most likely at your side. You are so fortunate to have had a lifelong friendship.

What a wonderful friendship you had. I'm sorry for your loss.

I am sorry for your loss. It is so hard to lose family and friends. I have already outlived most of my friends and almost all of my family. I think of them every day. My mother lived into her 90's and outlived all of her friends. I didn't think it would happen to me, when I am still 20 years younger than she was when she passed, but I am seeing the same thing.

so sorry for the loss of your wonderul friend. i hope your memories give you comfort in the days ahead. (((((hugs)))))

I want to thank you all so much for your kind words, virtual hugs, prayers, and for opening your hearts to share similar losses. Hugs to those of you, especially those of you who have such recent losses. It hurts but as I shared with others on social media to pass along the news, many shared familiar memories, which was nice to hear.

I will grieve with her son and a few close relatives and friends tomorrow at an outdoor mausoleum where her cremains will be laid to rest beside her husband.

That's a long relationship! I'm so sorry for your loss.

I am so sorry for your loss. Take comfort in the memories and love you shared. Stay in touch with her son, if you can. That could be good for both of you.