[gemy]

First and foremost while roses are so lovely, here (without an icon) is a sunflower. In a moment or two, why the sunflower.

Your post today was so evocative, so clear, I almost felt like I knew Ashley; and I grieved, and cried for the loss of this beautiful being. But I don't cry for your sadness; it is a measureful joy of your love, of your remembering, of a heart that has grown so much in the experience of this love. Ashley was the joy of your heart, and as someone much wiser than I said; "the wind beneath your wings".

Please know that my arms are around you; to support you in your rememberance, to embrace and help ease your pain.

And anon to the sunflower; Do you know why a sunflower is named so? It is not because it looks like a sun; it is because the sunflower turns it's face to the sun, as this light and beautiful sun tracks it's path through the sky. How special is that? A flower that finds any little bit of light and turns it's face to receive it? And so this is what Ashley was and is to you, and I am sure you were to her. Two faces, turning each other to the light. No matter any shadows, there will be some light.

So now today, and the next day, the next, and on and on, she is your light; and in time Memory that most gentle of truths, will surround you, nuture you, and will continue to cast the light of true love.

Be well my friend; I am here for you always.