Today

Hello everyone,

This is Sharon. Today was the Memorial for our Carol. The place was just beautiful and we had wonderful pictures of Carol displayed pretty much everywhere. Don spoke first and recollected his 10 years of knowing Carol and some of the adventures they had travelling. He noted how beautiful St. Lucia was and that he thought it looked like the Gateway to Heaven. Then Barbara read a nice poem. Justin then spoke of how life with his mom was pretty much an adventure all of the time and gave us some very colorful stories of his youth. Like when Carol dressed him up in lederhosen for his 1st day of school in a new city, and how she put him in acting classes because she thought he would be the next "Tom Cruise" He had everyone laughing and really held up very well. We all know how much he will miss his awesome mom and how great their relationship was. I then stood up and at 1st apologized for not preparing a Grand Speech as Carol would be upset. But I found a wonderful poem that really sounded like Carol had written it. I will try to get copies to all that want them. Marcy then told some wonderful tales of the nearly 20 years of life with Carol, and how she was the best suitcase packer she had ever seen (even though it took 3 people to lift) and how she ALWAYS brought gifts back for everyone! I know - I have lots! It was a very nice service and there were plenty of friends giving Justin lots of hugs and support. I decided this picture would 1st make everyone laugh rather than cry, and remember how much she loved holidays, halloween included. Love you all!!!!
Sharon