Monday, May 19, 2008

See you soon

By Arni Sribhen

It rained today after three really great days of weather at the Speedway, and on the way to dinner, I heard that Steve Wariner song "Holes in the Floor of Heaven today.

Ordinarily, that wouldn't mean much to me, but I think it was a sign of things to come.

You see, four years ago today (May 19), my friend Casey Kane lost her battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. That Casey died during the Month of May-- which is my favorite time of year -- has always made me sad. But Casey always had a way about making feel better about things like this.

Tonight she did it again.

I never said goodbye to Casey. I told her "See you soon." so I didn't have to say goodbye. Even though she's been gone for four years, every once in a while I see things that remind of her. I think that's her way of saying, "Here I am."

Tonight, I having dinner with a group of friends and when I saw on the ESPN ticker that Jon Lester of the Boston Red Sox had a no-hitter through six innings. I started to pay attention to the ticker. Seventh inning. Eighth inning. Finally, the ninth was broadcast by ESPN.

I sat there and cheered for Jon Lester -- not just becasue Casey was a charter member of Red Sox Nation. I remembered Jon Lester is a cancer survivor. And he beat lymphoma.

When he Lester struck out the final batter and got the ball, I had a tear in my eye.

It worked out all to perfectly. And I knew why.

See you soon, Casey.

Arni worked with Casey in South Carolina.

Perfect


When I posted this morning I never dreamed that this would happen. Jon Lester, a lymphoma survivor, throwing a no-hitter on the four-year anniversary of Casey's death was perfect. Hard for me to believe its a coincidence.

Four years

Hard to believe its been four years. Root for cancer survivor Jon Lester, who is pitching for the Red Sox tonight.