miss b...

let me tell you about miss b.. who incidentally will probably be horrified that I chose this medium to praise our friendship... she doesn't like a fuss made, but somehow Hallmark just didn't have anything even close to what I wanted to say....

see miss b is another of my "go to girl's" I am blessed to have in my life... friend, teacher, counsellor, confidant... an all round classy lovely lady... blessed with a strong compassionate soul, an office door and home that is always open and without a shadow of a doubt, the one person I know if I called at any time of day for any reason she would be there in an instant to help out... even if that meant by train, plane or camel for that matter... she has a firm grip on the mantra of "talk less and listen more" when it is important to do so, always a multi-faceted outlook of the issue and an instinctual gentle command of delivery of solutions...

I don't think it is my ability to read people that has created my wonderful "family" in so much as being open to what the universe provides to me to be the best I can be... miss b and I started out as co-workers but it has moved beyond office walls and time-sheets to a mutual trust and caring for each other... miss b at the age of, well let's put it above 5 years old, blessed me with being flower girl at my wedding 2 years ago... finally trumping her own sister who has yet to don said title...
it is one of my most treasured memories, and thankfully on film for all of eternity...

so miss b, thank you for the quiet reserved grace and love that flows my way from your heart to mine... thank you for making the loss of my loved one a much smoother and gentler road to traverse... thank you for allowing me to unload every morning even if that meant revisiting memories of your own who suffered the same illness... thank you for the friendship, the laughter the warmth and caring... for living your life this way,

honouring me as you have done, has also honoured my family in the same way... Aunty knew who you were from my sharing of you with her... and I know that she too was thankful that I had such a lovely spirited soul with me on my journey... you were her "kind of people", and to me, that says everything...