Sandy Beyer

My neighbor Sandy passed away this morning.

I know she is in a much better place, that is so easy to say, right??

She was the epitome of grace and courage. I just saw her and although she was ragged and tired she was worried about her sons not coming to terms with her death yet. And was asking Brooklyn how soccer was going and school and asking me how the baby preparations were coming. Never once complaining about the pain she was in or asking for anything but a visitor and company to talk to.

In just a few weeks she went from being ok to dying. We can be grateful that she passed quickly and did not linger in pain. I just wished we could have been more help to them. I just feel like there is still so much we could have done for them.

What do we do now to help and comfort and support Bill and her family? Don said that the worst feeling after April died was that he felt ostracized - people not knowing what to say didn't say anything at all. What can we do?