Eileen

 I was originally planning to post today about the halfway mark of my first chemo regimen. Tomorrow will be round 3 of my 4 of AC treatments and I have fully completed the first 2 rounds.  However, I learned yesterday that my friend Eileen died on Monday.

Eileen was somehow the first friend I made when I moved to Ellettsville (the first time) with Chad. I don’t know how it happened. It never made any sense. I think I met her through Chad’s mom, but she was also was a regular at the restaurant where I worked so I’m not sure which came first. We were an unlikely pair, but we spent a lot of time together. She took me to the hospital when Chad assaulted me. She drove 90 mph in front of us to lead the way to the specialist in Indy when Brant’s eye was about to explode. We probably drank a few tanker trucks full of coffee and smoked a Tobacco Outlet’s worth of cigarettes around her kitchen table over the years. 

She always had a story and she knew every bit of local gossip. She was there when I got engaged, there when I got married, and she was there after Patton’s traumatic birth. She was brilliant and funny, and enthusiastic about the people and things she loved. And somehow, in spite of life being a lot harder than it should have been at times, she managed to express genuine interest and delight in new things, as well as all things that made her happy. I hate that she was cheated out of so many years of being a grandma. She would have been great at it.

I won’t be able to attend the services, since I’m pretty sure the entire town of Ellettsville will be in attendance, and I have to limit my contact with people- especially unvaccinated, unmasked ones. This is far from the homage she deserves, but she was a big part of my life for many years, so I wanted to post something, even if it’s not as worthy or eloquent as I’d like.

https://www.chandlerfh.com/obituaries/Lois-Eileen-Goss?obId=24012917#/obituaryInfo