2/22: gratitude

I found out last night that a dear, grand lady had passed away--she had been a kind of fairy-godmother to us children in the neighborhood as we were growing up, and I am so grateful that I got to experience some of her specific magic.  I am also grateful to my childhood neighborhood friends--one of them wasn't sure I would have heard the sad news so contacted me yesterday to let me know, and another one of them wrote a perfect tribute paragraph on Facebook today, saying so well what more of us were thinking.