Dear Sue,

It feels like ages since I visited your page. I'm so sorry. You know that you are never forgotten and I continue to think of you. Your beautiful photo still hangs on my wall here in my apartment.

Recently a friend is re living the passing of a good friend of hers. The passing was not an easy one. I know that you know first hand about those things. With your husband and son present at yours. But you did a wonderful thing to prepare them and I know that as you both now look down from Heaven, you see what an amazing man your son has become!

I will never forget how your husband shared a dream that he had after you passed. He told me that you came to him in his dreams and spoke to him. He said  you spoke these words "Honey, you know how you love the mountains and how I love the sea? Well, when you get here with me we can be walking hand in hand and you will see your mountains and I will see my sea!" When he told me about his dream it gave me goosebumps because I truly felt that it was more than a dream. You came to his spirit and reassured him first that you were alright, and that Heaven was real and how beautiful it was! I know that it helped him alot, although he missed you alot in this life and that is why he came to you. What a precious soulmate he was!

I love you, Sue. You are missed.....but I celebrate the moments in time that we shared and I will never ever forget dancing in the rain with you!

Another Year Will Quickly Pass

Like the fleeting of winter and the dancing snowflakes in the wind, another year passes and will mark the fourth year of Sue's passing. It's so hard to believe that she has been gone almost four years now. Where has the time flown? I still can hear her voice in my mind and be in touch with her mannerisms at work. Her laughter, her temper, her fun and her whitty way with words...and oh, I could never forget her LOUD singing which sounded more like a sick bird warbling than anything else, but that's just the way she liked it...doing anything to get a laugh out of everyone. Right now Sue is enjoying Heaven and all of it's glory. We all miss her. I miss her....but she is forever in our hearts!

A Message in the Sunflower

Today I wore this big, giant sunflower on my shirt. It was so large that people noticed and mentioned it. I then proceeded to tell them about this really nice gal I knew that LOVED sunflowers and that today was the third anniversary of her passing. It's not often that someone comes into our lives that have the spirit like Sue had. She was a no holes barred, tell it like it is, friend to everyone. But she struggled with many health problems and was called home far too young. Every March 19th for as long as I live I will put on my big sunflower and wear it wherever I go in rememberance of Sue and her beautiful life. This sunflower tells a message of love for a soul that could never be forgotten and won't be. Rest in peace, dear friend. I miss you. We all miss you.

Heaven!

On a recent drive to the desert, I took this photo of a desert sunflower. Sue's favorite flower was the sunflower. This photo reminded me of her. I call it, "Heaven"

Remembering Sue

In loving memory of my friend Sue. It has been two years today since she went to be with God.

I Will Rise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf7t3P9ISrE

What a beautiful song.....that reminded me of my dear sweet friend, Sue.

Every life has a path

Yesterday while looking at Sue's pictures in the quiet of my home, I felt her presence. Inside the feelings of grief for the loss of my friend resurfaced and I felt so sad. I have missed our conversations and our working together side by side. I've missed our emails and the just plain sharing of fun times together. Most of all I miss 'her'. Sue was a great human being, one of those gals that everyone liked.

I just sat there alone and thought about how each of us has one life and one life path. Only God knows the direction and only God can say when it is time to come Home. I felt tears swelling in my eyes, when at the same moment I felt Sue's presence with me. It was as if she was telling me to stop grieving because she was 'ok' and that she and Tom were together and all was well with her soul....and she wanted all to be well with mine.

I felt a quiet peace about things, because every now and then I need a gentle reminder that this crazy life here on earth is not the end...but only the beginning, a stepping stone that leads down a path to something far greater than any of us can ever understand.

.....I will still miss Sue every day of my life.....yet, even beyond the veil, she lets me know that all is well.