Heather Pick

I am a creature of habit. I get up every morning, do a devotion, do my rituals in the potty room, turn on the morning news. Now for around the past several weeks, there has been somebody different sitting at the desk next to Chuck Strickler. They were an Angela An, a Cara Connelly, or somebody else. Now every time I would see that Heather was not sitting next to Chuck, I would get a little concerned. I would tell Tim and let him know that she has not been back. We all know she has been battling a horrible disease called cancer.

Then today, I get the news that stops me in my tracks, makes me breathless for a moment... Heather Pick has passed away today. Instantly I do a Google search for Heather's name and all I get are the sites in which she has helped with the Komen organization. So I turn to the source I know would have first hand knowledge if this news is actually true. I access the 10tv website. and lo and behold there on the front page her story is plastered.

Today at the end of the school day, a student said, "I don't know why, but it just seems kinda gloomy today, kinda sad." She didn't even know about the passing of Heather. I think it was fitting that today we heard the news; it was rainy, cloudy, cool and dank.

It's weird, someone you don't even know other than on TV. Someone you've allowed in your house everyday to let them share the news; somehow they became a member of your family, someone you count on to be there in the morning. Through the special airing on the news station, I learned so much about her and her special causes. What a special woman who gave so much of her time to people.

Today I feel like I lost a very close cousin and my heart goes straight out to her two young children. May her legacy live on in her kids and to those who knew her best.

I will leave what I posted to the 10tv website: "Our family is deeply saddened of the passing of such a wonderful person. Her legacy will forever remain in Columbus and those who watched her battle a treacherous disease. May the Peace that passes all understanding fill you in the darkest of days. - Tim & Kris -"