This week a friend of mine passed away. The friend suffered a stroke and never recovered. The family pulled the plug after the friend was declared brain dead.

The friend never took the time nor had the time at the end to prepare the family for what they would find. See the friend was Mardi. She ran a support group here in Denver but the family never knew about it. When they walked into the house they found wigs, clothing and lots of material but no letter explaining anything.

I guess Mardi thought she had time to tell the family or at least time to write that letter, but she ran out of time. Thursday she was buried without that explanation. Now the family will have to figure it out themselves.

Don't let time pass without taking the steps. I told my family 4 years ago and the world didn't end. They laugh at me sometimes, but I don't care. I am free now to be myself.