Today I saw the obituary on my friend Claudia. They used a photo where she was smiling. The photo doesn't do her justice as most photo's don't. Photo's are a fleeting moment in a person's life. One split second of a moment recorded forever. I looked at the photo for a long time. Trying to see behind the smile, the eyes perhaps. Can one detect in one fleeting second of a moment captured in time the anguish and turmoil brewing in a troubled life? I couldn't see it and I looked intently for a long time.

I cried. Of course I cried. I will undoubtedly cry again over this. Rest in peace my dear friend. I will miss you.