Give Flowers.....

One of my co-workers has been having a rough time this week. Every time I saw her in the hall, she looked sad/tired/harried/etc and it made me sad. I thought that I'd like to do something to brighten her day....
So I got her flowers...
My...
She looked SO happy and touched :)
It was lovely!
So my tip for the day boys and girls.....

If someone you care about (even a little) seems to be having a bad run...

Give em some flowers... (I'm a guy, and I'd still be touched if someone gave em to me...)
You'll make at least *two* people happy...them and YOU because you helped brighten up their day :)

On Death....

I went to her wake yesterday. Hundreds of people where there, a grim reunion of sorts. It seems that only weddings and funerals can gather this kind of turnout for folks.
I looked down on her body and realised that she was...unrecognisable.
This was not Elizabeth.
I then remembered, I've gone to a few (OK too many) Funerals and wakes, I've looked into the box and said the same thing....
I have NO faith. I do not believe in god or the devil or the afterlife or anything, however whenever I see someone in one of those boxes, enough of me realises that something that made
that person THAT PERSON is GONE... I don't know, if it's the 'spark of life' or whatever, The person I cared for no longer resides in this body, and I'm sorry to sound a little trite about this but 'This is only an empty shell'. That person Lives On in all of us, they live in our hearts and our minds, not in some empty shell of a body.
I'd like to think she's gone onto another place, a happier place. I'd like to believe there IS a happier place for her to go and then when my time comes, I'll see her there again.

...I see a lot of folks are hitting my page lately, Please share your thoughts and comments about Liz. I think it would be nice if we could all share our thoughts and memories of her.

Elizabeth Aakre

Well.

What can I say?

She was lovely. She was smart. She was sweet. She was fun. She was.... So Alive.......

She used to sit at my desk, and just..hang out, you know? We'd just chat away about whatever, and I loved having her around.....

She was a Drama Queen...oh yes...a beautiful drama queen.....At times it was almost a swirl around her....Old enough to know better, young enough not to worry about some stuff too much...

She had the world ahead of her... a wonderful full life of adventure and joy......

..........

Had.

And now...she's gone.

I don't know how. I don't know why.....

Does anyone really know WHY?

I DO know....The world is a sadder darker place because she's gone.

I miss her..... I always will.

I Hope it's a better place where you are now.