Ms. Helen passed away. Ray called me at 8:30 this morning to tell me. Now that I have quit crying, I am in complete shock. Mr. Ernie found her passed in her sleep. Brenda is there with Mr. Ernie now. Poor Mr. Ernie. Last time I talked to him, he told me Ms. Helen was his best friend, and they never kept secrets from each other. For example, he said he had a hell of a time just keeping the fact that Ms. Helen was going to be "Supervisor of the Quarter" from her for the few hours he knew before the ceremony.
It has only been a couple months that they have had a roof back on their house. It has only been a few weeks since they were able to move back into the house. They had been staying in a camper in front of their house all this time.
I feel so bad for Brenda too. Ms. Helen was one of her best friends. Brenda lives right next to them.
What is sticking with me most is that all that Ms. Helen has done for us, she never got to see Juliana. Every time, we would pass by their house they either were not home, or we had to be somewhere to be, and could not stop.
