Heart ache continued...

Well I woke up this morning, went to breakfast and had a belgium waffle, started out in a pretty good mood, I got my German homework done last night and finally came up with something to write my paper on. I came back to the room and as my roommate was getting ready for class I decided to turn my computer on and check my e-mail. Well I first play around putting some music on that I want Sarah to hear and then I look at my inbox. I got an e-mail from my dad but the Subject is "sad news from Lesotho". now I know this can't be good. I was just there this summer, what could have happened between then and now. Well this is what the message read...

Hi Jessica,
Wes sent some sad news from Lesotho. I'm glad we got to see 'Me Mabene in August.
Love, Dad

Dear Atherton family,

We thought you would want to know that 'Memabene (sp?) died last week from cancer. She was diagnosed with a stomach cancer 6 months ago and was undergoing chemo in Bloem.

Sorry for the sad news.

Other news .. there was a fire in Roma. The complete row of shops in front of the Univ. was burned down. Ashley was insured for the contents of his store but the store itself is no longer useful.

Wes

Well your probably wondering who 'Me Mabene is. She was our maid in Lesotho. She would help mom around the house, watch me and Laura when mom and dad were gone and even clean our room when mom had told her to leave it alone so that we could clean it!!! She just couldn't stand the mess that we would leave!! She was kind of a part of the family. When I went back this summer we got to go up to her house to visit her. We knew that she had cancer and had had surgery and was taking chemo therapy, but I though she was going to be okay and she was getting better. Maybe it was just my little mind holding on to something I didn't want to let go of or accept. She would make dolls and sell them at the market, and we have several of them. On of them is wearing a wedding dress and she used an old flower button off of one of my dresses as the bouquet for it.

I've already missed one class this morning cause I'm still crying over it, but I can't miss my next one. Life just seems to be going done hill from here. And about the Thorns store that burned. I was just there this summer too. And I bought a hat and gloves there because it was really cold. I hope that they can rebuild and it will be okay. Well I have to go to class now. so I better suck it up for now.