Shortly after our friend Clare G. passed away, her sister and brother-in-law sent us several things including a few pieces of Clare’s favorite jewelry and a small container (about the size of a prescription bottle) filled with some of her ashes. For a long, long time, I have held on to those ashes trying to decide where they should be scattered (some place scenic and spiritual), but I could never make up my mind. In our conversations, Clare would sometimes tell me that she wanted to move here to Tucson to be near us and to start a new life (she even looked at photos of Tucson apartments online and had one picked out), but it was not to be. Anyway, a few days ago I was sitting in the Arizona room (a screened in room) of our new place and I was looking at the top of a green Palo Verde tree that is growing just over the wall in an open area directly behind our townhouse. It had just finished raining and the water drops on the tree braches were glistening under the sun and the treetop was filled with noisy desert birds, and that’s when it came to me. So, the following day just before dusk when everything was painted a tawny gold, Spider and I stepped out behind our townhouse and I spread all of Clare’s ashes around the tree base. Now a part of Clare will be forever in Tucson and forever close to us. Now whenever I look at that tree, I will think of her. We miss you and we love you, dearest Clare.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:42:32 +0000
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