Amy was a colleague whose unique insight and valuable perceptions saved the day for me many many times! I would often stop by her room for a chat and she always took the time. She probably could have been doing something better, but I never ever had the sense that she minded.
When I was considering coming back to this blog, I asked if I could stop by once again. She wasn't in her classroom any longer. At this point, she was hospitalized awaiting the trip home to hospice. I hoped to get a bit of her wisdom and perhaps offer her an outlet if needed. Don't get me wrong...I completely expected to benefit more from this than she might. It was a selfish move on my part because I wasn't sure how to handle returning to the blog with or without mentioning what has kept me away so long.
Her influence lives on. Tonight I used the cookbook her art students put together as a fund raiser several years ago. I didn't use it as a tribute to her today--I use it regularly. She's literally on my kitchen counter. I have a stamped card addressed to her ready to go to the mailbox.
A character on the Netflix show Grace and Frankie (a show I'm pretty sure Amy would adore) noted the afterlife is about how you're remembered by the living. Amy will have a lovely afterlife. I am grateful she's no longer suffering.
I will miss my friend, but she is remembered here every day.
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