I’ve been going back and reading some of the very earliest emails that Ailish and I exchanged with each other, back in August, 2007, before we had even met.

One particular bit stood out. Ailish said,

“If a sense of self worth, good friends, a rewarding job, and a significant other are the keys to happiness, I have 3 out of 4 which ain’t bad.”

I was so incredibly happy to read that because I know on the day she died, she had all four. She had me, and she still had her wonderful friends and co-workers, and a job she loved.