Friday, May 31, 2019
I stare at my side window and I miss seeing her plugging away at her computer as the sun warms her back in the afternoon. I would stare at her long enough to get her attention and with a look to the left and always a smile out she comes, "Hello my baby!" She would say, and of course in my friendly response "What’s up hag"? We would talk for hours every day, my porch, her front walk or between the houses where we had our secret garden our best gossip sessions usually took place there. Most of our conversations always began and ended about food, that girl could cook like no other. Always creative in whatever she cooked and we would eat anything she sent out the side door. I miss hearing her say dinner is ready come to the side. So many people come and go in our lives but I never thought she would go so soon. That was not in our plan. She had so much more to do, she was planning her summer garden, ordering the latest needle point and she had a pound of chocolate chips she wanted to use up, not to mention going back to Petit Bill restaurant. There is not a restaurant or some hidden grocers on a side street that she did not know about. Her mind was very sharp and could fit in any room or any walk of life, that’s why we hit it off so well. She welcomed my partner and I when we move to the neighborhood some 20 years ago. A very private woman, but eventually we stole each other heart we loved her. Our passion for gardening, cooking, fashion and our love for the telephone, we were meant to meet. I listened to her four hours going on about her mother, Chris the kids and Stacy, not to mention the talk about cottage, get together with girlfriends, luncheon and dinner and the laughter and the tears we all shared with her. She always looked for the silver lining behind the clouds. I could go on and on forever but really how could you sum up the impact she had on many lives. Now I no longer pray for you, but to you and I ask that you hear our prayers and you will see how miss you will be. Love Paul and Guy (aka "the boys")
