I got a call yesterday from my friend Kallie from CC. The moment she called, I knew she was going to give me bad news. She'd already contacted me a day or two ago to let me know that things were looking bleak for our friend Kim. I knew, as I answered the phone, that they had...

I met Kim back in early 2007, at the height of my involvement with Calorie Count. As I recall, I had no idea who she was until she asked to join us at one of our early CC get togethers in DC. She must have thought we were OK since she started hanging out in the Chat often and became a staple of the Chat and the local Washington DC CC community. She was always in Chat, made it to most meetups and I got to know her very well.

Things turned bad this year, though, when she found out that she had cancer. She went into treatment at John Hopkins but the news was never very good and never really got a whole lot better. As things steadily progressed downwards her family and she realized that she couldn't keep living alone here in DC, so she moved down a couple months back to Atlanta.

The last I physically saw Kim was a couple months ago just before she moved. We hung out at Bertucci's for a while, talked for a long long time. She gave K and I a present, a stuffed snoopie to give to the n00b, and then she left and the rest of us went to mini-golf..

And now, as of December 23rd, 3 years after my mom passed (12/23 is clearly a Cursed Day...), Kim is finally out of pain...

I understand she was doing well Nonday, cheering on the Redskins, not doing so well Tuesday and then Wednesday...

She was too young. This was too fast. There is not a shred of this that is fair or right.

*sigh*

Rest in Peace, Kim. You are missed.