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simsgw · 2012-04-26 03:32:51

Celebrating a wonderful woman In her honor.

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Forgive my off-topic post, but Thursday evening, a week since she died, Cindy's friends are lifting a glass to send her off. It will be at nine o'clock (2100) local time, wherever they are in the world, creating a rolling toast. The choice of drink is open: water, wine, brandy or beer. Orange juice or iced tea if you like.

What counts is the spirit, not the spirits. Will you join us?

Gary W. Sims
Celebrating a wonderful woman

In the spirit of an Irish wake, I began her globe-spanning toast with a splash of whisky in a hotel room near the Neptune facilities 75 miles from home. I don't drink, but with a nearby bed and a vague memory of it being bad form to leave a bottle half-full at an Irish wake, I finished the wee bottle and spent the night remembering. Just remembering.

This morning, I picked her up for our last trip together, and scattered her ashes at sunset where she had asked them to be. At nine tonight, I closed the 24-hour toast with a rather small glass of Graham's ten-year-old port:

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Here's to Cindy, one amazing lady. Who grew up with me, grew into me, decorated my life, and let me decorate hers as best I could for 53 years, in marriage for fifty of them. I do love you.

And on another group, a daughter is being married in Portugal as I say goodbye to Cindy here. I toasted her in turn, hoping she'd have a marriage as long and happy. And when her marriage comes to its natural end, as all good marriages must, I prayed that "the one who stays" will have the comfort of friends as fine as those who've helped me through this.

Thank you all,

Gary

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