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Remembering my friend Lise
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Remembering my friend Lise |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity 
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Remembering my friend Lise The moment I knew of your transition, all the memories of youth rushed forth from my mind pressing themselves into my heart to be experienced again, while a waterfall of tears blurred my perception of the present moment, to just be with you to hold your hands to enjoy our friendship just a little longer. Do you remember too? Those times ... ... of careless laughter, when the world was ours to fulfil all of our desires? ... of unshakable trust, when lovingness was our permanent mood? ... of lightness when we danced upon luscious meadows and moved like gazelles uphill, downhill and along the streets? ... of crazy loudness while singing love songs till our throats were sore? ... of happy smiles shared through the open car windows with all those who happened to cross our way? And later ... those times ... ... of sobering reality when you decided to get married in a hurry to offer your baby a loving home and family to be born into? ... of freedom and wild dreams coming to a halt, when you lived your blessed motherhood, always challenged between a demanding job and intense family duties? Yes, I know, you will remember forever and me too. But your reward was a wonderful son the sunshine of your days, the same who came now to accompany you home, back home to Switzerland, from your sojourn in Spain, just for the span of a few hours before your final departure towards the gates of Heaven. ... all the memories of youth rushed forth from my mind pressing themselves into my heart to be experienced again ... Goodbye, my dear friend, dance now on the celestial meadows and enjoy the new dimension where limitless freedom and wild dreams will finally and blissfully manifest. * (dedicated to my friend Lise, who will forever be part of my cherished memories of childhood and youth; she succumbed to cancer) |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Beautiful tribute. ~ If you don't want gays in the military, make the uniforms ugly. ~ |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Dear Margherita, My heart goes out to you. Thank you for sharing Lise with us ~ and I believe that you have kept a tiny piece of her alive on this earth as we now carry her in some part of our memories. You wrote a beautiful and loving remembrance. I know that you will miss your friend ~ and I know that you will share her with many as you have today. With love to you, beautiful one. Alison |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you, dear Jerry, for your kind comment. Thank you, sweet Alison, for your heartwarming words. I met Lise for the last time in Switzerland two years ago and it comforts me that we had the opportunity to spend an evening together. She already fought her illness and the consequent worries had changed her. We stood in touch through e-mail. To lose a beloved friend who has shared one's childhood and youth is very sad indeed, but the memories bring smiles and joy still. Love, Margherita |
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dreamgal Member
since 2011-03-17
Posts 442 |
Margherita, (((Hugs)))) I'm so sorry for your loss, what beautiful words for your dear friend. I lost my sister a few yrs ago, and she was also my dear friend, its very sad to loose someone you love, but it sounds like you had such beautiful memories that you 2 shared, and nothing can ever take that away.. Thanks for sharing, Sincerely, Dreamgal |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
My dear friend, you don't suppose that my Louise met your Lise? Those are what bonds of friends do, you know...  I'm so sorry for your pain. I do understand. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear dreamgal, the loss of your sister must be very hard on you, dear friend. Thank you for your loving words and comment, as well as again for your beautiful poem for me. It feels so good to be understood.  Dear Karilea, that's a beautiful thought indeed. Your Louise and my Lise might well be smiling upon us remembering with tenderness what has been. Our faith is so comforting. Thank you from my heart! Love and hugs to both. Margherita |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Very beautifully expressed, my friend. May she always bless your thoughts... j. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Dear Margherita, I am so sorry for your loss. Lise must have been very special, as are the memories you hold dear. That's the best part, no one can ever take those away from you. Bless you dear heart! |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
This is such a lovely tribute in the name of a beloved friendship that will triumph and live on in the heart |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you so much, dear Jimmy, for your loving reply. Thank you from my heart, dear Lori, for your loving and sensitive comment. Thank you kindly, dear EmmaRose, for feeling this together with me. I appreciate your kindness so much. Love and hugs. Margherita |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Dear Margherita - I'm so sorry for your loss but what a fine poem you have written in memory of your friend. You have wonderful memories to comfort you. Helen |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Wordless sobs, Margherita. Owl |
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mystilill New Member
since 2011-04-07
Posts 1 |
Margherita, your poem expresses so beautifully the freedom and wild abandonment of youth...to the acceptance of maturity and responsibilities of adulthood. Along the way, our lives are filled with the beautiful memories of friendships won and the sadness of friendships...lost. Thank you for sharing. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you, dear Helen, your kind comment warmed my heart. I really do have an incredible amount of memories to cherish and they literally "flood" me now. Dear Diana, sorry for causing sobs, you have such a tender big heart. Thank you so much for sharing my sorrow. As we were full of mischief when young, I also smile a lot remembering. Dear mystilill, first of all welcome to Pip. And thank you for your very loving comment. Looking forward to reading your poetry too. Love and hugs. Margherita |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
what a beautiful friendship you had as so wonderfully expressed in your poem...your words nearly brought tears to my eyes...i'm so sorry for your loss...your poem is beautiful beyond words, Margherita. There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
(((((My dear friend Margy)))) A beautiful tribute. Richard |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Maga Margherita, what a keepsake treasure this poem would make for Lise's family. I hope that you will send it to them. I'm sorry for your loss ~ and yet happy for your precious memories of your dear friend. Knowing you as I do, Lise must have valued your devotion and friendship all those years. Love is energy and therefore it cannot die. Lise continues to love you from her heavenly home...  God bless her ~ and you, Linda  |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
What a beautiful tribute, Margherita. How lucky your were to have such a friend. I have no lasting friends from childhood. we moved around too much, and I miss that. Ida |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
such a delicate tribute Margherita, these are painful moments that require love from family and friends and you shared it with angel grace, sharing the beauty and greatness of a common and extraordinary life like all of ours, I am grateful having shared my thoughts and heart with lise. love yann |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Faith, dear Richy, dear Ida, dear Linda and dear Yann, each of you has touched my heart deeply with your loving and very special comments. I am grateful for you. Love and hugs. Margherita |
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Word Weaver Member
since 2011-03-06
Posts 437California, USA |
The loss of a friend leaves a void that no one can fill. They have a place in your life and your heart that's theres alone. I relate strongly to this beautiful write having lost three friends to the dreaded C, one of them being Marge Timdal who was a member of this site for a long time. I've set up a special tribute page for her at my website if you'd like to visit it. Namaste, Marcia |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you so much, dear Marcia, for your loving comment and for the information. Yes, dear Marge, is still very much missed here at Pip and within my heart. I will come visit your site. Love, Margherita |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Beautiful words from you to your friend...James |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you, dear James! Just wrote a letter to her son, sending him this poem. And ... well I am in tears again. Oh these memories of youth how they haunt us! Love, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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