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September 9, 2023
September 9, 2023
Hey mom. I miss you everyday. Paz and I got a new pup. His name is Link. Remember the video game Zelda. I would sneak off to play instead of doing my homework! He’s so cute and friendly! You would love him so much! I Miss you. I wish I could just pick up the phone and call you. Life is so messy and you made it so much more clear.
November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022
Dearest Cyndyn,

I’ve been thinking about friendship, what a true friend is. If a true friend is someone who has been with you through decades of raising kids, adventures, fun, tears, chaos, and hilarity, then you are my truest friend. If it’s someone who listens to every word you say with interest and caring, then you are my true friend. If it’s someone who brings her exquisite mushroom soup to your home when you’ve had yet another surgery after having fallen 20 feet, you are that friend. Someone who offers to drive ten minutes out of her way to carpool the kids to preschool so that tiny classmates become lifelong friends. Someone who hosts festive Christmas Eve parties full of warmth and love, every single year! Fabulous summer barbecues in your gorgeous backyard with the lush flowers and sparkling fountain and always great food. Once you even included dear friends of mine who were visiting from out of town and they’ll never forget it. Your annual
Halloween party with all the trimmings including tortilla bats made it my absolute favorite holiday. Botanic Garden concerts with gourmet picnics... and camping with you… let’s just say you bring it to a higher level: luxurious! You know I can’t garden without feeling you by my side. An array of gifts from you keep us cozy, decorate our home, remind us of your generosity.

We share so many thousands– if not millions– of moments that they cannot possibly all be remembered– dinners at Las D’s, Locanda, our backyard. Remember when you and Randy joined us with my parents at the Blue Bonnet? A Silver Creek ski trip for Randy’s birthday. Picking out Christmas trees at City Floral. So, so many baseball games and lunch at the Red Robin or anywhere we ended up. Taking the kids to Elitch’s. Working on auctions and after-prom. You made East High into a Hogworts stage set! And how many movies did we see together- Avatar to Oh Brother! Whether in a theater or our basement, always with corn! Oysters and Oscars in your living room. Mia Farrow at the Buell. And you are in that small group, so important to me, who never missed an opening at my gallery. Painting a watercolor of your house was an honor and a favorite commission of mine. You came by to see the renovation in my Tudor condo very near your house, which has the same plaster work as yours! Visiting the Homestead and seeing what you and Randy created there for older people meant so much to me.

Max and Devon’s beautiful backyard wedding with Julian’s eloquent, heartfelt blessing– how proud, how happy were you, my dear friend?

I like to think that you and Randy could easily come up with twice as many memories of wonderful times, ranging from crazy to lovely.

I hope you know how happy I was when you and Randy drove up to see our mountain house-in-progress. You came to see it even before we started and I am so grateful we had that lunch on the rock cliff. Knowing you and Randy had built a home inspired us as we built ours.

Inspiring... that’s what you are. I miss you so much!
November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022
Just thinking about you a lot today momma. I miss you so much. I feel like you would have been proud of me the last couple weeks! I’ve felt you so much lately when needing to advocate for myself. You really did create a strong person, even if I don’t see him all the time. Your always here to guide my way.
June 20, 2021
June 20, 2021
I sit on the back porch you curated for us. The fountain gently making white noise in the background.
   It’s two days before your celebration of life and I’m having more of a hard time then ever. I don’t know what to say, I’m anxious about all the family flying in. Yet I think of you. Your Grace. Your patients, your courage and I know I can do it! I love you forever and always.
May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021
Cyndyn, I remember the day you arrived to survey the house for sale next door about 30 years ago. It has been our pleasure to have you and Randy as wonderful next door neighbors for all these years. We shared travel experiences, saw Julian and Max grow up, and always envied your expertise in creating a most wonderful back yard garden. Cyndyn (and Randy) hosted the most extra-ordinary Christmas Eve parties which we always looked forward to. Words cannot express our sorrow in her passing. Cyndyn was inspirational and so strong as she struggled these past years and her love for family and friends is and will be an ongoing inspiration to both of us.  RIP Cyndyn.
May 18, 2021
No one faced life or cancer with as much grace, courage and poise (and style). She taught me that you can never have too many shoes (they all have a purpose), the song you sing when you cross into Idaho, and that there is always time to stop at Starbucks. She also taught me that family is simply who you love and that the table is always big enough for whoever wants to come. She loved her family and friends fiercely, and I am so lucky to be counted in that group. She was much, much more than just my Mother-in-Law. I miss her terribly but know she’s with us as the breeze on a beautiful spring day, or the rare sighting of her favorite animal, a Moose. I love you Cyndyn.

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