‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever’
Dearest S.,
I just saw that Gandhi quote and boy, guess who came to mind?
Our old friend called me last night. A few did, actually. But you know who I mean. She was lucky enough to see you just a week ago.
She is helping me to piece together the details of your last moments here. It still doesn’t make any sense to us. But, you know. I’d rather have envisioned you having a “burger garden” at the Brass Ring or a plate of pasta at Maggiano’s or TWO PLATTERS OF BRIE AND FRUIT (omg we really ate that in one sitting!) at DaDa.
Anyway. Everyone here is evaluating/reevaluating everything right now. Seems everyone is taking days off this week and month. And yet here I am with tears in my eyes, working through the pain.
It both hurts and comforts me that it’s probably the most-appropriate way to honor you.
And while I could bash this earth’s head in if it ever took human form for taking you (and taking you the way it did), it’s bringing the old gang back together. In a surreal, kind of fucked-up way. But, you know. Does anything ever happen in a way that’s NOT messy and ridiculous?
We’d laugh about it if you were here. You probably are pondering the irony wherever you are. Which, I imagine, is running your crepe shop on the Mediterranean and teaching Greek and French to grateful tourists. In the same loving way you taught our friend’s son to read.
You still amaze me, the more I learn about you.
I suspect that trend will only continue.
Love you,
Goddess