Losing Forsythia

I think I'm going to have to start a separate blog for all the obituaries I seem to posting. I know I'm fortunate to have so many people I care about and I know their loss is the price I pay for that, but it of course hard. The latest loss is a woman whom I never even met in person, Cynthia Chase. I don't know how we found each other's blogs, but we did. And you know how it is...sometimes you just click with somebody. I remember sometimes when I would read something of hers, whether on her blog or in a message and I'd think, "Man, if we could have been the same age and in the same place, we could have gotten into a lot of trouble together.

I think she has commented on my blog more than anyone else. She was also a Cynthia, and went by Forsythia online. She was funny and creative and very smart. She would leave the most wonderful comments on my blog. She always seemed to understand where I was and her comments were both thoughtful and very funny. Yesterday I thought to myself that I really should check in with her as I hadn't heard from her in awhile. She was 20+ years older than me and I knew she was in very poor health. I worry of course, so first I googled her and sure enough....I found that she had died June 11.

I'm just so terribly sad that she is gone. She left behind two grown daughters, grandchildren and a husband. I send them my love and my heartfelt condolences.

I've decided to plant a forsythia in her memory. I need to figure out where in the yard it should go. It will be for both of us.

I love you Forsythia and will think of you always..