Memento Mori

The Earth Abides

I knew a woman who worked at the same company for forty-five years. The “VA” to be exact. She was an administrator at a Veteran’s Affair’s Hospital. We’ll call her Cathy.

Now Cathy was kind of a big deal there. A woman over numerous departments, she was always flustered. Always busy. Every time I encountered her she was either furiously pounding aw…