World AIDS Day

Today is the 20th World AIDS Day. A time of remembrance and hope. Those that have passed and left an empty place in our lives, should be celebrated for their contribution to enriching it. Those that are currently living with AIDS, should be embraced and given our unending commitment to a cure. Having lost 10 close friends to this dreaded disease, I can attest to the ravages against once stellar human beings who lived courageously and fought to the bitter end. My life has been tragically altered by the lost of so many dear friends. Not a day goes by that I don't miss them and wish they were still here sharing in my journey, and me theirs. I have not given up hope that a cure or vaccine will be found. I volunteer my time whenever Hospice has an AIDS patient in it's care to do what I can to make their last moments here a little better, a little more comfortable. You would be amazed at how many die alone, because their family, friends, co workers and neighbors turn their backs on them when they learn of the diagnoses. No one should have to die alone.