I FOUND OUT TODAY ABOUT YOUR PASSING I KNEW YOU WERE SICK BUT I THINK I MAY HAVE BEEN IN DENIAL I THOUGHT WE MAY HAVE HAD A WHILE LONGER IT HAD BEEN OVER 30 YEARS SINCE WE WERE KIDS IN THE CONVENT TOGETHER I HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THINGS WE DID TOGETHER HOW WE WERE CHEEKY WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD CANCER WHEN I FIRST FOUND YOU AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I DIDNT WANT TO BELIEVE IT MY ONLY REGRET IS I SHOULD HAVE SEEN YOU BEFORE YOU PASSED AWAY I HOPE YOU  DIDNT HAVE TOO MUCH PAIN I ALSO HOPE YOUR CHILDREN WILL FIND THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO GET THROUGH THIS  SAD TIME YOU WERE MY MATE AS WE USED TO SAY TO EACH OTHER I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER OUR LAST CONVERSATION  TO EACH OTHER REST IN PEACE MARY I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU LOVE YOUR FRIEND ANGELA