Monday, May 9, 2011
Oh my goodness.....I have so many many memories of Eleanor, my dear friend, that I will cherish forever. It was one of the best days of my life when we moved in right next door to Howard and Eleanor and became friends. She's the one that got me into walking in the community forest with her and Elaine....sometimes it was just the two of us, sometimes the three of us and sometimes just the two of them, but no matter, we had a blast. Getting caught in the rain and having wet t-shirt contests (us old women...tee hee), having to hide behind a tree (someone usually had paper of some sort to use, just in case), and singing loudly "here I come to save the day, Mighty Mouse is on his way" in case a bear was around and that would scare it off. She said it wasn't fair that if a bear did come along it would be her that would get eaten because she said she was the slowest runner....I'd tell her that I would never run off and leave her....."yeah right" she'd say "don't forget that I know how you left Murray and old Brandy (the dog) to fend for themselves when you guys ran into a bear. You screamed and took off on them and ran all the way home....and I'm sure that poor bear was more scared of you when you screamed and he is probably still running and heading for Montana". She had a good point there..I did run off on my husband and dog! But we had so much fun together - we laughed and laughed all the time. We volunteered to work in the "soup kitchen" and laugh and fight over who was going to wash the dishes and who had to dry. Honestly, we always had so much fun. We always found humour in the littlest thing and we'd laugh and laugh. Some of the things that Eleanor came out with was so unexpected that you couldn't help but crack up - she was the best!! It broke my heart when my husband told me that we were being transferred to Alberta. We both did not want to move, but we always kept in contact. We may not have seen one another so often, but we were always there for one another. She was always my "beautiful friend" and not because she was so beautiful on the outside (which she definitely was), but because she would just shine from the inside. I could go on and on about Eleanor because we didn't just have good times together....we had fantastic times together. I loved her and would always end my conversation with her that way - she was so special. Some people, in their whole lifetime will never be as privileged as me to have met someone as special as Eleanor and have her as a friend. I feel so honoured to have had her in my life and I thank God everyday for the time we got to spend together. I will miss you so much my beautiful friend and I will cherish our memories forever. May you rest in peace now and thank you for being my close friend. I love you! Bjorka Uzelman
