An eventful weekend...
We said goodbye to Yvonne this past weekend...and I finally feel a bit of closure. Her family came down to clean out her house and put it up for sale, and hosted a very nice memorial service for her, with a luncheon afterward. Several of us spoke, and I don't think there was a dry eye in the place, especially after "The Dash" was read: http://www.lindaslyrics.com/thedashpoem.html
I think it was good for her family, especially her mom, to see that she had people here who loved, and cared for her. They always worried about her being down here "all alone."
The good news is that we've gotten permission to put a memorial bench in a small park that overlooks Port Royal Sound. Anyone visiting it can watch the dolphins swimming by, or feeding in the shallows. The friend who has been handling the arrangements for this is a mortician (and the least likely person you'd ever imagine to be a mortician, but that's another story), and has the contacts to have a nice stone bench inscribed with her name and an etching of a dolphin. It will be nice to have a tangible place to go and "visit" with her. When it's finally done, I'll post a photo of it, if anyone is interested.
Meanwhile, since her house had to be cleaned out quickly, Hubby & I have inherited most of her household. Everything from her canning and candy making supplies, bath linens, office supplies, holiday decorations, a huge collection of movie posters, tons and tons of crafting supplies (yay! I'll be making jewelry again soon!) to her king-sized bed--including a set of gazillion thread-count sheets! I swear, with so many of her things surrounding me, I don't feel like she's gone at all. It's very comforting.
Yvonne and her dog...together again.
I think it was good for her family, especially her mom, to see that she had people here who loved, and cared for her. They always worried about her being down here "all alone."
The good news is that we've gotten permission to put a memorial bench in a small park that overlooks Port Royal Sound. Anyone visiting it can watch the dolphins swimming by, or feeding in the shallows. The friend who has been handling the arrangements for this is a mortician (and the least likely person you'd ever imagine to be a mortician, but that's another story), and has the contacts to have a nice stone bench inscribed with her name and an etching of a dolphin. It will be nice to have a tangible place to go and "visit" with her. When it's finally done, I'll post a photo of it, if anyone is interested.
Meanwhile, since her house had to be cleaned out quickly, Hubby & I have inherited most of her household. Everything from her canning and candy making supplies, bath linens, office supplies, holiday decorations, a huge collection of movie posters, tons and tons of crafting supplies (yay! I'll be making jewelry again soon!) to her king-sized bed--including a set of gazillion thread-count sheets! I swear, with so many of her things surrounding me, I don't feel like she's gone at all. It's very comforting.
Yvonne and her dog...together again.