February is the month of Love. Our love is recognized in the celebration of Valentine’s Day, a day in which we honor and remember those we have and do love.
One year ago in February, I flew from Florida to be with my dear and special friend Heidi who had been admitted to Huntington Hospital, L.I. New York.
Our friendship had grown and deepened over many years. We met in the early 1980’s at my mother-in-law, Angela’s home. Heidi was always there for me and I know that she felt the same about me. We could talk about so many things and could confide in each other. We were both on a Spiritual Journey and we could share and journey together. She was the one person who I could discuss my deepest Spiritual feelings with. The love of our Lord bonded us together. This bond extended itself to our husbands, Richard and Frank, and my girls, Erica and Christa.
Heidi and I were the same age. She was born in Germany. I was born in Brooklyn. As I have written, our paths met in Huntington almost 30 years ago. During the five years prior to meeting Heidi, life had handed Richard and I some very difficult and challenging life experiences. I shared these with Heidi and she shared with me her memories of lonely times after coming to America. God was her refuge when she was alone at night when Frank worked the night shift. God did speak to both of us and brought each of us comfort in those times of trials and suffering. Ours was a bond of confidence in each other and our God. Since Heidi’s death on Valentine’s Day 2009 there is a loving friendship void in my life but I know that she is with our Lord and is waiting for me and Frank and others whom she loved to be with her again. She is O.K. and we who are left behind will be O.K. too. The bond of love will never be broken.
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