Sunday, September 23, 2007
Cancer and the Cheerleader
She was a classmate of mine. She was very popular and the mayor's daughter. Her name was Janice. She was a cheerleader and full of life, at least in 1967 when were 18 years old. She didn't make our 40 year class reunion, but I didn't either. She didn’t attend because she was very ill.
It is hard to believe that someone so pretty and talented and full of energy could stop living but it is so. Her friend and fellow cheerleader Alice shared the news. How tragic. Not just because she was 58 or was a cheerleader but just because no one should die so young. Some people would say that 58 isn’t so young, but when you are 58 also, it seems young.
Perhaps they needed a little cheering up in Heaven. I can still see her in her maroon outfit leading the cheers for the Bears. The Willow Springs Bears that is. I extend my sympathies to all her friends and family.
It is hard to believe that someone so pretty and talented and full of energy could stop living but it is so. Her friend and fellow cheerleader Alice shared the news. How tragic. Not just because she was 58 or was a cheerleader but just because no one should die so young. Some people would say that 58 isn’t so young, but when you are 58 also, it seems young.
Perhaps they needed a little cheering up in Heaven. I can still see her in her maroon outfit leading the cheers for the Bears. The Willow Springs Bears that is. I extend my sympathies to all her friends and family.
# posted by survivors story @ 4:09 PM 
