And so it's left to this...

I was faced with a dauntingly hard task to undertake today. In the wake of a close friend's recent diagnosis of a terminal illness, I have been left with the job of raking through all of her possessions in her dingy one roomed abode.
It seemed so plastic to reduce her life and achievements to a few items in torn boxes. Going through photos, tapes, CDs, books, ornaments and letters, I gradually managed to build up a brave, kind, loveable person with not a selfish bone in her body.

J.D. I hope this goes as qucikly and as painlessly as it possibly can for you.