This
page is dedicated to my dear friend Sandra Gillis
who
passed away in 1996 from Huntingtons Disease.
Sandra
and I knew each other for 14 years and we grew
to
be more like sisters than just friends. We shared laughter,
tears,
our hopes and our dreams and were there to pick each
other
up when our dreams fell apart. Sandra was full of
life
and energy and nothing kept her down for long.
Even
in her last days as this horrible disease took
away
her life she was still looking out for me.
I
loved her dearly and her loss has left a hole in
my
heart that will never be filled.
To
her darling daughter Devon...I promise to always
be
there for you...and my heart breaks at your loss.
I
love you!!!
Sandra
had her aunt send me the following poem after
she
died...she wanted it to give me comfort. Even in
death
she is still looking out for me. I love you dearly
and
will miss you always!!!
Death
is nothing at all.
I
have only slipped into the next room.
I
am I and you are you.
Whatever
we were to each other that we are still.
Call
me by my familiar name.
Speak
to me in the easy way you always used.
Put
no difference into your tone.
Wear
no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh
as we always laughed at the little jokes we shared.
Play,
Smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let
my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let
it be spoken without effort,
Without
the ghost of a shadow on it.
Life
means all that it ever meant
It
is the same as it ever was
There
is absolutely unbroken continuity
What
is this death but a negligible accident?
Why
should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I
am waiting for you for an interval
Somewhere
very near just around the corner
All
is well.
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