Gone but Not Forgotten, My Friend

Everyone leaves footprints in your memory, but the ones that leave footprints in your heart are the ones you will truly remember. ~Nicholas Sperling

In a few hours I will be attending the Memorial Service of my dearest friend, Patty Dresser. I feel like I've been living in the Twighlite Zone this past week. It's way too soon to see the Patty Dresser Obituary. I was looking forward to seeing Patty Dresser party invitations, maybe a wedding invitation, birth announcements of her grandchildren from her, itineraries of all the trips she would take, the book she would write, the invention she would create, an email, the next text...

I've experiences so many emotions and cried so many tears, I have no idea what to expect this afternoon or tomorrow. I do know that I have thought about her every minute of every day since I learned of her tragic death. And as of right this minute, I am choosing to feel the fullness of life and love as I walk through this day and remember Patty. Our hearts are connected even though the physical presence is absent. I do feel the love and I will hold the love and switch the pain to joy as I reminisce. I am choosing to hold her in Love and I will be the Light that will be a beacon for God's Love and my best friend, and now guardian angel Patty. 

I love you Patty, you will be forever in my heart. Thank you for the difference you made in my life and may I honor you by keeping your memory alive. And by living my new motto inspired by you; carpe diem - I will seize today, its the only one I have!! XOXO

​Shelly