Wednesday, June 23, 2010

I've been short of words for a while now. Saturday afternoon I finally came up with something for my friend Carol's memorial, and read it with a microphone down at the dead-end of Brandon Street to about 150 people on the first day of summer and no rain, no rain, except if you count tears, which were plentiful. A woman I know by name, enough to say "hello" to but that's all, came up and told me she had to tell me something. She said, "towards the end, I asked Carol what it was that inspired her to keep going, and Carol thought for a minute and said 'T.'s blog.'" Although I treasure and accept this incredible gift-compliment, I give credit to Carol herself -- truly an extraordinary woman, and to her dear, dear husband, and two children, and her amazingly loving sister who nursed her through the last weeks. The memorial was a peak experience -- I'm still trying to take it all in. The emotional weight of it has kicked me in the back of the knees, but has also lifted my spirit in ways I didn't think possible. More to come.

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  1. I am eagerly awaiting what comes next here. Carol took great pleasure in your blog, but even more in your presence. She loved you, T, and she so admired your talent. "Little sister learned from big sister, and then they both knew." Thank you for this; thank you for your remarkable poem that broke through my dam of resistance; thank you for the pies. Here's to love. Jean

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  2. Love back to you, dear Jean.

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