Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Blogs


I added a list of my favorite blogs to make it easy for us all. As I scrolled through my list, I stopped as I saw Karen's blog address. Of course, it pulled at my heart, just as her cell phone number, still logged in my phone and her email address in my contacts list. I just can't hit "delete", not now and maybe never.

As I compiled the blog list, I tried to move on, but I could not. This whole "blog thing" pulled us closer together, silly as it may sound. She and I were in the midst of one of our regular spats and not speaking, unless necessary. She began to sneak in to read my blog and finally couldn't resist leaving anonymous comments. Karen's humor was unique and it was pretty obvious who had left them. Of course, they were sarcastic, funny and each time I posted, I waited for her comments. Soon the spat was forgotten and she began to post her own blog, making us all laugh daily. Soon we were all blogging and reading daily.

She was so very present in her own eulogy, as Fr Ben quoted from some of her blog postings. We had taken some of her comments and published them in a memorial. Karen always told it from her heart. Good or bad....she told it like she saw it.


Fr Ben read it and told me he needed a copy to write the eulogy. He looked at me and said, "We always knew Karen was very bright, however I never knew she was absolutely profound." What a nice way to be remembered. She would have giggled, but she would have liked hearing that, espcially from Fr Ben, who she loved very much.

So, Karen's blog is here for us to enjoy, to shed a tear and to laugh with her...forever.