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It was six years ago today that I learned that Dearest (Alice) had died.
It was especially bittersweet because we recently came home from vacation through JFK airport a couple days ago. JFK was the last place I ever saw Alice alive.
These years has been a challenge with me missing my best friend, and the challenges of the site she left behind.
Everywhere in my home, there are gifts and letters/cards she sent, emails I printed out, reminders all over. I’ll see something on TV and think that Alice and I will have a laugh over that – then I remember all over again.
I miss you so much, Alice! 😦
The day of Alice’s funeral September 4, 2013, we had a beautiful butterfly just waiting outside the front door when I took our dog out.
I have never seen a butterfly like this – no one here in Virginia has seen anything like this either and I never saw it again. It just sat there on the flower pot and “posed” for this picture. I like to think it was Alice saying goodbye to me.
So here it is, 4 years later. Another anniversary of Alice’s funeral.
I took my mom to Walmart. When I got back, I was counting the items to put in the freezer. I counted 5 but knew I bought 6. I counted again. Still 5.
I went back out to the car to see if it had fallen under the seat. Nope.
When I was coming back in, there was Alice’s butterfly again. It was flitting about and I couldn’t get an image this time but the message was clear to me.
When I got in, I checked the receipt – I did buy 6. Back to the freezer and there were 6 frozen dinners.
Thank you again for the butterfly message. It made me sad but also hopeful for the future.
Alice, I love you and will miss you always…
It was a year ago today that I learned that Dearest (Alice) had died.
It was especially bittersweet because we came home from vacation through JFK airport a couple days ago. JFK was the last place I ever saw Alice alive.
This year has been a challenge with me missing my best friend, and the challenges of the site she left behind.
Everywhere in my home, there are gifts and letters/cards she sent, emails I printed out, reminders all over. I’ll see something on TV and think that Alice and I will have a laugh over that – then I remember all over again.
I miss you so much, Alice! 😦
Part of this I wrote already on the About Page:
This site is a labor of love.
My best friend and “sister”, Alice aka Dearest, was the founder of Power Surge – first on America Online, then as a free-standing site for over 20 years. We were best friends for about 18 of those years, talking about every other day for 2-3 hours at a time.
The day of Alice’s funeral, we had a beautiful butterfly just waiting outside the door when I took our dog out.
I have never seen a butterfly like this – no one here in Virginia has seen anything like this either and I never saw it again. It just sat there on the flower pot and “posed” for this picture. I like to think it was Alice saying goodbye to me.
It’s several weeks later and I’ve been given Power Surge. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep it going or not. Certainly, it will never be as special a place as it was with Alice at the helm.
I look around the house and see things that remind me of Alice. Gifts, print outs, silly stuff, memories, the entire AOL message boards on floppy disks…
Alice, I love you and will miss you always…
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