One of our long time clients and dear friend passed away in her sleep last week. Sometimes we wonder how we connect and how we affect others in our business. I was quite sad about it because we had been through four home sales together which was a bonding experience each time for us. You really get to know a person a different level when they invite you into their home and move.
As I payed my respects to the family, they mentioned that she had a photo of my son when he was a baby. He is almost 13 now. She kept a photo from when she visited me some time ago, and as I looked through her photos today on the memory board, I realized how much she shared about her family. I recognized several of them right away from her descriptions. Her life was one that was well lived, and respected. We shared a common love of poodles. Her niece had adopted three beautiful boys from Guatemala and she was so in love with them and she knew of our adopted little girl from Guatemala and there was a common bond. She & I had a conversation about how she had wanted to adopt but as a single lady, didn't think she could do it. She was a chemist! That was one thing I did NOT know! Why didn't I know that? But, what I knew was that her heart was warm and always ready for a cup of tea. Life circles round and when you see how you have been touched by others, it comes back to you. As we sat in her kitchen about a month or so ago, she was planning on a move to a condo and she giggled at me with a twinkle in her eye when she told me she was taking out a 30 year mortgage.
I am so thankful for the friendships that have come and gone and come again. May Joellen rest in peace and know how much she was treasured on earth. Her life made a difference to everyone in the room. They all said they could feel her presence and knew she would approve as everyone told her story as only a person who really knew her and appreciated her could tell it. I forgot to tell them about the day she called me after they moved out of their very traditional two story colonial home only to find the new owner had painted it yellow. I said, is a a golden yellow? "No", she laughed, "it's a big bright banana"! We laughed as I ran out the door to take a look myself!
I shall miss her phone calls, but mostly the laughter.
Hold onto your dear ones this season of peace & love.
Take care, Susan
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