MEMORIAL TO MY FOREVER FRIEND

Hazel Ann Sells
July 24, 1949 to June 26, 2004

I could not beleive the words I read telling me of your death. I still think that I am going to wake up and realize that this has all been one horrible dream and then I will check my email and find a letter waiting there for me telling me that you will be in Florida in a few days and you were definitly coming by to see me. But it is not a dream and you are no longer here on earth and I will have to wait awhile before we can have that visit I looked so forward to. You were the one true friend I had in this world. I only pray that my children will each have someone as special as you were to me in my life. Always caring, Always loving and Always there even though the miles seperated us, you were only just a phone call away. I will always treasure our adventures and all the fun we had just being ourselves and we were always able to tell each other anything and know that we kept those talks between us. I wish I had just one more day to tell you just how special you were and how much you meant to me. When all my friends stopped coming around as often because I could no longer shop the malls, dance, swim, or even walk, You never stopped being my friend and you didn't pity me for the things I could no longer do. You are sadly missed by your loving son and his family and the grandchildren you adored, your fiance', your dad and sister and all the friends and people who loved you. We miss you so much.. You traded life here on earth for a pair of angel wings and a golden halo which you indeed earned. your memories will remain forever. I have always heard it said that life is too short and now I can truly say that I know what they are talking about. I never got to say goodbye,


Christmas was so hard every year without you. The gift I had for you is still unwrapped. I have heard it said that time eases the pain....when??? It only seems to get deeper and deeper. I keep in touch with your fiance' and he is so very lost without you as we all are. Somehow I feel closer to you when I write to him. I keep hoping this is a dream and I will wake up and find you sitting here beside me. I miss you so my friend. I will never have another best friend in my life. I can never let myself get closer to anyone ever again because I will never find anyone who meant as much to me as you did. I wonder who has the best friend necklace I gave to you. I hope whoever has it knows just how much our matching necklaces meant to each of us. I still have mine but I will never wear it again. No one can ever replace you. You truly were one of a kind. Sometimes I am so angry at you for leaving. You were so loved by so many. Why couldn't you see just how much joy you brought into everyones life? But I still think that deep down there was somthing that you didn't want any of us to know. I will have to wait until we meet again and I know you will tell me why.

It now 2008 and it feels like you have been gon just yesterday and the pain has not gotten any lighter. I still miss my best buddy but I guess I will just have to wait until I see you again. I wish you would have been here to meet my new granddaughter who was born yesterday. She is so beautiful, you would have loved her.






 
I cried for you, sweet friend,
When I learned that you were gone,
The tears just kept on flowing,
For I don't know how long.
 
You must have known my heartache,
Though I was miles away,
But we'd touched hearts some time ago,
So I knew when you had left that day.
 
Friend, sister, buddy, cohort,
All of those, and more,
Tears we shared, and laughter, too,
Never ever were we bored.
 
Friends will come, and friends will go,
We say good-bye, and we move on,
But we're never quite the same again,
For a part of us has gone.
 
 A heart is a symbol of love,
It is made in one piece and whole,
It grows fuller through the years,
With every friend we know.
 
But then when friends begin to leave,
And one by one, they disappear,
Leaner, thinner our hearts grow,
And cracks and crevices appear.
 
So now you've gone, my friend,
And my heart's forever changed,
Nothing can restore it,
It will never be the same.
 
The space you left behind
Is wide and deep, dear friend,
No one else can ever fill it,
Nor will it ever mend.
 
Virginia (Ginny) Ellis
Copyright July 2004
[Ginny's poems]
 



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