FOOTSTEPS

FOOTSTEPS

out on the ride home from The Flying Swan

on the day old doughnut run

the stop on Granville Island

reminded me of times

when old friend Johnny “de”

and I had shared lunch and conversation there

I realized I had not heard from him

since the last time we met for coffee

six maybe seven months ago

and he revealed that he had cancer

I then phoned his number

and got his good wife Luanne

and she told me that things were not good

the cancer had spread

and he now had a brain tumor

and a nodule on his lungs

I then talked to Johnny

and let him know that I would be coming

over later in the week

to see him

and after hanging up

cursed myself for not being a better friend

Johnny and his wife Luanne

have been stanch friends

generous with their time and treasure

always willing to do the heavy lifting of friendship

Cancer has claimed many of my friends and family

over the years

and after my own close call

I too am now hearing footsteps

JWL