My Very Good Friend Lorna

My Very Good Friend Lorna

It is so hard to figure where to start about our friendship. It has carried us through many years.

Of course each of us remembers differently but this is what I recall.

The first time I met Lorna, I had been out driving which I wasn’t allowed the car very much in those days.

This had to be before 1972 as I was still with my husband, George. He was very strict with me so I recall this.

When I have mentioned it to Lorna she doesn’t remember it.

I had stopped and chatted with Lorna and another friend that she visiting, Georgina, and then I decided to leave and

I guess I squealed the tires. It was from a dirt road to paved to that made the difference. I never worried about it as the

hubby wasn’t around. Later on I found out that somehow Lorna had mentioned it to someone and hubby found out.

Well, the car was taken from me right away. Not a nice thing as it was the beginning of our two weeks holidays and I

was now carless. Only way was to borrow someone else’s.

Never seen Lorna after that until a short time after my marriage broke up and I really liked her from the very beginning.

Lorna and I just hit it off and our friendship still carries on today in 2007.  Lorna lived in Perth and I lived in Toronto at

 the time but I spent a lot of time in Perth back in those days. The guy I was going with lived in Perth and we spent a lot

of time here. Lorna was going with the sweetest guy that I thought, Garth and we all had such fun together.

Through the  years Garth would always be around and I have always thought those two should have stayed together

but it didn’t happen.

I am going to tell you a bit about Lorna.  She is a girl that believes everything should be in its place and her home is also

kept just perfect. Visiting her has always been a pleasure as she is the same as her home.

Once I finally made the move to Perth back in 1979 Lorna and I got to spend a lot more time together, after all we

were young and they were our party years and did we party. Lorna and I had so much fun back then that I chuckle

sometimes at the things we got caught up in. I am sure Lorna feels the same as I do, we would do it all over again.

Lorna lost her only son tragically one Thanksgiving weekend. It had to be the hardest time in her life and no one could

console her. I felt so bad and couldn’t do anything to take the pain away. Lorna still carries this pain still today and I still

think about the weekend it happened as it was yesterday. Each year Lorna puts a piece in the paper and it still hurts as

much today as back then.

Following this shortly after her fiancée was killed in a car accident. I heard that one on the radio one morning as I was

getting ready for work. Drew was a fantastic guy and I sure thought they made a lovely couple. How dear Lorna dealt

with these two deaths so close together I don’t know.

Through all this we still would go out every Friday night. I may have hung around with another friend a lot but Friday

was Lorna and my night to party and we sure did and had lots of fun doing it.

There was a time came that I had to make a decision about a relationship I was in. It was abusive and Lorna would

see me after I had been physically abused many times. One night she came and told me that she cared so much for me

that she couldn’t be my friend anymore if I stayed in the relationship. It hurt her to much. So I had a choice, him or my

 friendship and I chose my friendship and never have been sorry. I have always thanked Lorna for getting me to wake up.

My life changed for the better once I broke that off.

I did move back to Toronto and of course everything was by phone then. Lorna and I could talk for hours on the phone.

If I had a problem I would call Lorna as she could always settle me down. I am very hyper and I need that sometimes.

She used to say, “Give your head a shake”.

A few years back Lorna called me and told me she had thyroid cancer! That conversation was very hard.

Of course I didn’t know anything about thyroid cancer but I just knew it is cancer and it kills. Lorna was frightened

as she should be. She had to deal with that for about a year and did have the thyroid removed and then radiation.

Her battle was a very hard one and I only feel bad that I wasn’t there with her through it but it was during the time I

 had broke my ankle. The only thing I could do was be available to talk to her. That was hard and I guess I should have

looked into what it all meant and may have understood better.

No matter what has ever came up our friendship has never wavered.

Lorna is just so special to me that I consider her like family.

True friendship can deal with anything and I believe our friendship is that kind.

The picture showing of Lorna was taking about 20 years ago.

I took it when I was preparing to move back to Toronto as I needed a picture to keep all the time.