tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post7187340689073223446..comments2023-11-02T03:10:39.674-07:00Comments on GeeeeeZ!: Honoring my friendZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-49524549278358537612010-02-12T20:40:57.176-08:002010-02-12T20:40:57.176-08:00well, Law and Order, I was sure rich for knowing m...well, Law and Order, I was sure rich for knowing my friend and my amazing husband, that's for SURE. <br />I just wish you could have seen that young boy's look of astonishment when I mentioned his name as the winner....It's a moment I WILL NEVER forget.<br />And, to have my friend's name associated with such goodness and excitement was overwhelming.<br />I drove home wishing SO BADLY that Mr. Z could have shared it with me. thanks for reading this...xxxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-63649222247527914972010-02-12T19:52:30.394-08:002010-02-12T19:52:30.394-08:00Z,
Don't we all hope that there will be people...Z,<br />Don't we all hope that there will be people who love us around us? Whether in life or death that's what's important, right? If that is true and I think it is, your friend was rich at death. I've felt my father died rich and I think Mr. Z and your friend were rich too.Law and Order Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069306257334186404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-31250700758849123812010-02-11T19:21:23.532-08:002010-02-11T19:21:23.532-08:00I know, TMW, and she thought I was "more"...I know, TMW, and she thought I was "more" than HER usual self...AS IF.<br />I could NEVER NEVER NEVER be as courageous as she was as I described in my last comment. <br /><br />Plus, I'm the luckiest girl around because I have such amazing family...sisters most women would PAY to have........<br /><br />Since Mr. Z's death, I had to go to my lawyer MOnday...my sis and her hubby go to him, too, and they went WITH ME.....They're very busy people and gave it all up to spend the day with me, comforting me (it was hard going to that office where, ten years ago, Mr. Z and I'd prepared our wills...who's have thought that next time I went, he'd be gone? That was tough for me), supporting me, listening to make sure THEY were up on my stuff, too...so they could better help me. <br /><br />My friend had NOTHING of that......no siblings, no folks, no husband to help....nada. Plenty of friends, but ....she'd not have relied on them as you do family. She was QUITE A GREAT WOMAN.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-7764795807122334462010-02-11T16:29:57.818-08:002010-02-11T16:29:57.818-08:00Sounds like a great lady, it's so uplifting to...Sounds like a great lady, it's so uplifting to know someone like that!<br /><br />They also challenge us to be more than our usual selves.<br /><br />Cherish the memories, they comfort us when we are down!<br /><br />tmwThe Merry Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07931051881434050901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-54666781356484735162010-02-11T15:16:57.469-08:002010-02-11T15:16:57.469-08:00An outstanding and uplifting story!
I needed this...An outstanding and uplifting story!<br /><br />I needed this shot in the arm right now.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-47256307704659222972010-02-11T14:28:35.550-08:002010-02-11T14:28:35.550-08:00Jen, I felt like Santa's Helper! it was the M...Jen, I felt like Santa's Helper! it was the MOST amazing feeling, you're right.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-71727441236621190842010-02-11T14:28:05.510-08:002010-02-11T14:28:05.510-08:00I love having shared this story and read your amaz...I love having shared this story and read your amazing comments..thank you SO MUCH.<br />it's so NOT about ME, I must admit I felt almost greater than SHE did when they wrote her saying they'd keep her scholarship going into perpetuity, but this is all about HER.<br />And that GREAT KID. I WISH you could have looked into those eyes and seen that "I'm a great person" look in them...you know that look.He had it.<br /><br />By the way, she'd moved to N California some years before she died and Mr. Z was so unbelievably patient and kind and WILLING when I asked if we could fly up and spend 3 days with her before she died... We spent so little time at the hotel and so much great quality time with her...Then we flew back up almost 2 months later for her funeral, at which I sang WIND BENEATH MY WINGS at her request.<br />She called me the day the doc told her it was finally TERMINAL, FROM HIS OFFICE, talking as if she'd run a race with a train from nervous energy and said "Are you alone?" I said "No,....Mr. Z's here" She said "could you get him?" So I did.<br /><br />He came downstairs and sat near me and she told me she was terminal and would I sing at her funeral...<br />Here's a woman who'd gone through countless chemo therapies and gone home to a house empty, save for her 2 cats, suffered terribly all alone and still went to work every day in San Francisco because she worried about her health insurance (turned out she needn't have, and that hurt me SO MUCH when I found she'd been misled and she was WELL covered even if she'd stopped work!)...Anyway, she went through HELL alone and didn't want me alone when she told me she had 3 months to live.<br /><br />That was my friend.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-83276297561158739992010-02-11T14:24:33.116-08:002010-02-11T14:24:33.116-08:00There's nothing quite like a rush of joy and g...There's nothing quite like a rush of joy and gratitude to sweep you off your feet, huh? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-87069394288021232492010-02-11T14:23:54.262-08:002010-02-11T14:23:54.262-08:00Beautiful tribute, Z. Thank you for sharing.Beautiful tribute, Z. Thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-43822221461570896152010-02-11T13:14:20.274-08:002010-02-11T13:14:20.274-08:00Beautiful story and what an awesome legacy your fr...Beautiful story and what an awesome legacy your friend has left behind. <br /><br />Good friends are so hard to find.Trekkie4Everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226981394122557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-50159397625739057772010-02-11T11:55:26.297-08:002010-02-11T11:55:26.297-08:00Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story. I...Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story. I'd be on cloud nine for years after something like that.cubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788126579896276199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-30835095340579467522010-02-11T10:09:28.776-08:002010-02-11T10:09:28.776-08:00It is so great to read about someone who left such...It is so great to read about someone who left such a powerful legacy. We should all make such a profound difference in this world. God Bless you for sharing Z.<br /><br />HAMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-56130422863037908982010-02-11T10:03:58.169-08:002010-02-11T10:03:58.169-08:00Nice story, Z. Both you and your friend are good p...Nice story, Z. Both you and your friend are good people...inspiring.<br /><br />WaylonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-74745793229349430172010-02-11T09:15:57.243-08:002010-02-11T09:15:57.243-08:00Love it Z. Wonderful and uplifting. We need more o...Love it Z. Wonderful and uplifting. We need more of that. thanks.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-991268646006008132010-02-11T09:07:55.203-08:002010-02-11T09:07:55.203-08:00How wonderful.
Your friend sounds like a very go...How wonderful. <br /><br />Your friend sounds like a very good person. It's nice that even after death she can continue to do good.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03977090801334626461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-24183310516800359082010-02-11T08:22:45.029-08:002010-02-11T08:22:45.029-08:00A very touching and inspiring story, thanks.A very touching and inspiring story, thanks.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/00064746447414555577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-43330274424468608602010-02-11T08:00:07.453-08:002010-02-11T08:00:07.453-08:00I'm so glad you enjoyed the story....I woke up...I'm so glad you enjoyed the story....I woke up still glowing from the good feelings.<br />Thanks, everybody xxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-14944806429099484662010-02-11T07:22:55.328-08:002010-02-11T07:22:55.328-08:00Wonderful story Z. How nice you could honor your f...Wonderful story Z. How nice you could honor your friend's memory in such a meaningful way.<br /><br />PrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-6717343599633320392010-02-11T07:08:03.413-08:002010-02-11T07:08:03.413-08:00Great story! What a blessing!Great story! What a blessing!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-78798003903975690932010-02-11T06:04:36.018-08:002010-02-11T06:04:36.018-08:00What a beautiful way to start my day. Thanks, Z.What a beautiful way to start my day. Thanks, Z.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269872465115056916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-62778408737935551802010-02-11T05:41:49.493-08:002010-02-11T05:41:49.493-08:00What a wonderful legacy!What a wonderful legacy!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580498957271396362noreply@blogger.com