One Year Ago ...

Sharon had her heart event while working out at Gold's Gym. Much has changed since then for all of us - globally.  I'll have more to say this evening about some of my more recent inner thoughts, now that a year has passed. I can remember what happened that afternoon so vividly along with the 'process' to get her to South Austin Hospital. You know the story from there all too well.

Thank you for the cards, emails and phone calls the last few days. So many people remain connected with me and the family and Sharon.

Best wishes and with love
Tom

PS - Sharon, if you're tuned in right now, Justin is in Boulder, Colo., looking at a possible opportunity to attend graduate school for his architecture degree. I know how much that meant to you; me too. I'm very proud of him.

Comments

[Nicki Spurr]

Just letting you know that I'm thinking about you, Tom, and all the family today. And remembering Sharon with love.

[Frances Grant]

Dearest Tom,

today I am thinking of you, and Justin and Lily, and Dreena and all your family. Sharon's picture is on my desk as it has been for a year. There is a candle too. It's one of those "posh" photos - she looks so stylish!
It's funny, but this year, especially this spring, Sharon's colour has been the colour in the shops. That lovely delicate earth green, in varying tints and some yellows in with the green. Clothes with flowery bits, or embroidery - so reminisicent of what she liked to wear. The Advanced courses of the programme are beginning to flourish, the courses she loved so much - I'm assisting with Seven Days of Creation - thinking of the literally hundreds of ways she was so creative.
I send so much love, to you, and cherish her in my memory and for you,
Frances

[Mari Hall]

Tom,

I have been moved to new depths in my self as you have continued to stay open and share your life with Sharon and now without her physically. I was one of the guests at your wedding and I remember thinking then what a special bond that the two of you have, and how blessed we are to witness the commitment you made to each other that day. Each time I have been with you that sense of gratitude grew. You made an impact on so many people as a couple and continue to do so as a man and part of an amazing family. I celebrate you and your family. Thank you for evoking us and giving us the opportunity to know you even better.

Love and Blessings,
Mari

[Jill Nicholson]

Dear Tom:

What can I say, other than Sharon was a remarkable gift to all of us - never to be replaced, always to be remembered and cherished by those of us fortunate enough to know her.

Let the tears flow this week - we all miss her terribly.

Love, Jill

[Dana Farver]

Tom, I can't believe it's already been a year -- so much has happened in that year, that the time seems much longer.

About a year ago, I sent you a poem that is a favorite of mine, by Jane Kenyon. It was one of her last poems, written after she knew she was going to die of cancer -- do you remember?

Here it is again, and bless you and your family, my friend:

Let Evening Come

Let the light of late afternoon
shine through chinks in the barn, moving
up the bales as the sun moves down.

Let the cricket take up chafing
as a woman takes up her needles
and her yarn. Let evening come.

Let dew collect on the hoe abandoned
in long grass. Let the stars appear
and the moon disclose her silver horn.

Let the fox go back to its sandy den.
Let the wind die down. Let the shed
go black inside. Let evening come.

To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop
in the oats, to the air in the lung
let evening come.

Let it come, as it will, and don't
be afraid. God does not leave us
comfortless, so let evening come.

[Cathy Crossland]

Tom,
As I sat on my patio and watched the hummingbirds feeding...my thoughts turned to you and this past year. I too loved Sharon's wonderful spirit of adventure and will always remember meeting her, Gerry, Lily and Shelly at the World of CocaCola in Atlanta.
We all miss her.