I have a sore throat so I decided to cook a vegetable soup this afternoon. But I needed some ingredients so the children and I went to the grocery store. When I went to check out, guess who was ahead of me in line? My friend who just passed away's Aunt. We started talking and then talked for 40 minutes near the exit door. She explained that my friend's husband is not returning their calls or messages either. She also told me he has a girlfriend and that he wants to move on with his life. This is my friend's family not his. I can understand him distancing himself from them, but why me? I wish that he knew that above all else I want happiness for him and his daughter. I do not think it is too soon for a girlfriend. I believe in love and not judging other people.

I also do not believe in coincidences and think I met up with her for a reason. A burden has lifted off me. Now I feel that it is nothing personal towards me or something that I did that I'm not aware of for him to avoid me. I think he thinks I will be upset, but that is not the case. If he wants to move forward in life with a new woman and leave old friends behind that is his prerogative. I wish I could have heard all this from him but situations like this are a complicated sticky mess and no one really knows what to say, do, or how to react. I am strangely calm about this all.