So. In early 2017, following the first election of the current occupant of the Oval Office, a local woman organized our local "Huddle" group, inspired by the Women's March. Her vision was to not be political, but to find local needs and fill them. Our first initiative was a Kindness Week. We all needed a lot of kindness in 2017.
I was kind of in awe of her, to be honest. A couple months later she suggested we go for a walk. We picked a lightly traveled road along a river. During our easy conversations that day and for many, many days afterward, we learned we had a lot in common, right down to living in the same small Ohio city for a while – my last year of high school and her first year of college.
Long story short: She was a sister to me (my siblings are dead), and I to her (she had three little brothers) for seven good years. She died of breast cancer last year. I miss her now, and always will.
So. In early 2017, following the first election of the current occupant of the Oval Office, a local woman organized our local "Huddle" group, inspired by the Women's March. Her vision was to not be political, but to find local needs and fill them. Our first initiative was a Kindness Week. We all needed a lot of kindness in 2017.
I was kind of in awe of her, to be honest. A couple months later she suggested we go for a walk. We picked a lightly traveled road along a river. During our easy conversations that day and for many, many days afterward, we learned we had a lot in common, right down to living in the same small Ohio city for a while – my last year of high school and her first year of college.
Long story short: She was a sister to me (my siblings are dead), and I to her (she had three little brothers) for seven good years. She died of breast cancer last year. I miss her now, and always will.
Shalom.
Kind of a tangent but not at all:
Each time you share her and speak her name it reminds me of how much we all need to know we will matter and be remembered when we are gone.
You are doing that.
🤍