A Rose For Rita

Here’s to the travellers, the passengers, the tourists who trek this alien landscape in search of experience. Here’s to the resilient, the adaptable, the survivors who chose uneven ground and made a path for others. Here’s to the dreamers, the poets, the believers who see the cosmic cycles of life, death and rebirth. Here’s to the family, the siblings, the bonds that protect and comfort because love is never lost. Here’s a rose for Rita, for Les, for Reen, for Mom and all the souls we’ve lost who have gone home again. For we are the aliens, not of this Earth, interlopers, we belong to eternity and to eternity we shall return. NOTE: Last night, Aug 20, 2019 my sister Rita Rose (her married name) lost her battle with leukemia and kidney disease, passing behind the curtain peacefully, joyfully returning to her husband Les whom she lost just nine months ago. Our mother passed only two months ago at the age of 92 while my brother's wife Reen died in April of 2018. Please send your love to Rita's daughter Heather and her grandchildren.