Friday, March 13, 2009

My Dear Friend















Krista Beth Nichols is her name. She worked with me at Stop and Shop in Northampton, Massachusetts. She is from Williamsburg in the foothills of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. She will be leaving her beautiful family soon, her dearest and caring mother and her two older sisters. There was a big snow storm a couple of weekends ago in our area. Krista fell down the stairs and was taken by helicopter to Bay State Medical Center where she is now in Critical Care and has been for the last couple of weeks. I talked to her mother a couple of times. Krista has a blood clot on her brain stem and has now been in a coma and on life-support. She is unable to breathe on her own. It was decided last night to take her off the life-support and to let her pass on, to go back home where we all came from originally. Her brother had died a couple of weeks before this happened, so I can't even imagine what the mother is going through. Her father was a Korean veteran and passed away some years ago also.

I will miss Krista. I could tell from the beginning that I liked her because I could tell she was an very honest and truthful person and walked in the path of light that the Lord provided for her.
I always gave her a hug when I saw her because she was like a sister to me and I loved her the most for her sincerity and honesty and pureness of heart especially. We went out a couple of times to the Celtic fesival at Look Park and out to eat pizza, munch and talk about life and things going on our lives. She consoled me and made me feel better about things and visa-versa.
We both had similiar heritages of being Scotch and Cherokee. She reminded me of my mother because of the way she was brought up, because that's they way my mother brought me up with integrity, honesty, to be kind to people that weren't as fortunate; all similar Christian beliefs and ideas. And to stand up for our rights as Americans, no matter what!!! We both discussed that we would fight to the death for the honor of the United States of America and not let anyone take away our freedoms and other peoples' inherent freedoms given to us by G-d.

Krista, I loved you so much because you were so like me.
You are the only other person in my life that has been a true friend to me
I loved you so much because you were so like me, so honest and free.
Now, you are free to go home to your Maker now and He will bless you many times
over, I am sure.
Your innocence is my innocence.
Your tears are my tears.
Thank you for having the courage to tell me things no one else would.
You did this because you knew the real me.
You did this because you knew I was alot like you.
Thank you for your innocent beauty, your strengthful courage, your open honesty and you everlasting friendship and love.
I hope I will meet someone like you again.
I will miss you dearly, my dearest friend.
May G-d bless you and your family forever!!!
Thank you for being a real friend.

Love always and forever, Deb