This week, my friend and co-worker, Olga, passed away. She had a stroke a few nights ago and that was that. She left behind five children and a husband that hasn't worked in two months. They haven't paid rent in two months and I'm sure their are other bills too. It is so sad, so terribly sad. I went to the viewing yesterday at their house. I have never gone to anything like that before. It was actually pretty normal feeling being that Olga was just laying there in the living room. They couldn't afford a casket or embalming, so there she was, on a gurney, with everyone sitting around on the sofas. It was like she took the place of the T.V. for the day. Very few people there speak english and all were praying in spanish. Her sisters and brothers all came in from Texas and California. She would have loved to have comforted them...thats what Olga did, she took care of everyone. She was always beyond her limits which was frusterating to watch knowing that she didn't keep anything, time, energy or money for herself.
Pinche Olge, you will be missed