Wednesday, November 23, 2016
This news brings us together with heavy hearts but I believe our Annie would have us remember her at her best;
For what she achieved and for the kind, gentle giving and loving person that she was.
Ancient people knew that life has a beginning and an end. I however was caught by surprise by the suddenness of her death.
However, like ancient people, Annie believed that a person has a spirit which continued after the body drops like a leaf from the tree in fall.
I find comfort in Annie’s spirit. She was present in life and continues in my memories and in my heart even now.
Annie was a healer. Her spirit is a healing spirit. The mortal wound that I suffered at her passing is starting to feel better I think I may be able to go, in spite of it.
It’s comforting to think that that warm kind person who we knew is still at my side.
In fact Siri and I would fight over who got to be next to Annie when it was time for bed.
So I will remember her for all the love, laughter, happiness and contentment that she brought to me.
Annie was a remarkable intelligent kind and gentle woman.
She was my guiding light, my memory, my better judgment, my inspiration both professionally and as a parent as I strived to be the very best friend that I could be to her.
When I fell in love with her, No one where I lived could understand why I was leaving, as I had finally “made it.” But I was afflicted by love. Through the 28 years we were together we were comfortable together and were friends, colleagues, allies, parents and lovers. I came to depend on her very much.
My best friend is gone and I miss her a lot.
So in the spirit of Thanksgiving, let us give thanks to Annie for all the gifts that she brought us. It’s the Holiday season and that could make the loss we have suffered feel more overwhelming, but the spirit of Annie would not condone us sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves. Annie would be thinking about each of us, and what gifts she might give to us to make us happy. Farewell to my lover and friend.
