It was two years ago today that I received a phone call at my work telling me that a very dear friend of mine had passed away. I still find it hard to believe she is gone, the fact that I moved from the Pacific Northwest back to Southern CA 3 years before she died makes it a little harder to except because I was unable to attend her burial. I met Marj in September of 1987. I had been living in the Pacific Northwest for just a little over a year when I applied for a job at a well-known Metals Company a short distance from my house. Marj was the person who was doing the interview and hiring. I immediately liked her and I think she felt the same about me, because she hired me. We worked together for 7 years, I was her lead in the Billing Department. We bowled together for 5 years along with her daughter, Cindi,( who happens to be just a year younger than myself and even looks like a miniture Viking Princess) and three of Cindi's friends, Linda, Mollie, and Debbie. I also picked Marj up every morning and gave her a ride home every night because Marj didn't drive due to horrible Car accident she had, in which a friend of hers died. Needless to say, Marj knew every intimate detail of my soap opera life! And believe me, at that time I was still married to my EX-Asshole husband whose soul exisitence in life seemed to be making mine and my son's Life HELL! I don't know what I would have done without Marj - the emotional support and advise she gave me at that time in my life, living where I had no other family members within a 1000 miles, is something I will never forget. She was a very good friend and a very kind person to all who she knew and cherish. This world could certainly use a few more from her mold and I truly miss her very, very, much. She had a wonderful lust for life and knew how to enjoy herself. She always had some kind of social gig planned , whether it was her Tuesday night card game at Mom's or her bowling night with "the girls" or Poker at Caroline's on Saturday Night. She was truly a Social Butterfly, Charming and ever so witty!!
She could part your hair with words if given the proper Motivation and did on several occasions to some very deserving individuals.
I wrote this Rhyme in Dedication to My Friend Marj, 2 years ago today. I came home after work and immediately sat down and wrote this poem. It took about 15 minutes - the words flowed from my mind like the tears that flowed from my eyes and still do, every time I read it.
This ones from the heart....
VP
My Friend Marj
In loving memory of Marjorie Ann Goodman
There was a time some years ago
When I needed someone who
Would cut me a break and give me a job
let me show them what I knew.
As we both know now
you took quite a chance
Although, you weren't aware .
That you had hired a "Bonzai Barbie Doll"
the accounting floor's "Nightmare"
But still and all your patience endured
but boy was it worn thin.
And as the months, then years went by
You and I became close friends.
My personal life, well it was Hell
So bad I could not hide
But it wasn't as bad as it couldva been
Had you not been by my side.
And in return I tried my best
to never let you down.
Friends like you are far and few
to be treasured when there found.
I still can see you in my mind say
"Jeeeeez" then drag on a smoke.
Or "Oh My God, Suzanne" and then
you;d tell me the latest joke.
