Names of the Dead

Cincdy was a custodian who worked for Southeastern Custodial Service, I think that was the companies name. They had Knox County Governments custodial service contract. I work for the Election Commission of Knox County. Cindy was assigned our building. The contractor, non-union, of course, did not provide insurance for it's workers at Cindy's level. How I know this is because one of the employees who works in the HR department of this company was my daughter's best friend in high school. Anyway, Cindy had a heart condition and had to take medication regularly to survive. She did a good job and was always friendly. One day she didn't come in to work. We found out later that day that her teenage son found her dead in bed! He was a senior in high school! Cindy couldn't afford her medication as it was prescribed so she just alternated her medication to make it last longer. Cindy was not educated enough to realize that this made the medication not work as intended. Not having healthcare killed Cindy and left an indelible impression upon her son. This is unconcionable in the United States of America. The next time I saw my daughter's friend, I brought up Cindy. She is a fundamentalist, born again Christian, Republican conservative. She was at loss of words. She knew exactly who I was talking about. All I can say is she better pray that God is the God of us liberal Episcopalians and not her judgemental God. I cry every time I think of Cindy!