A Tribute to an Old Friend

Mary Ann Haddad 1958-2013

I've had a rough few days here.  I lost a very dear friend this past week very unexpectedly to brain cancer.  This is the reason I haven't been posting regularly lately on the blog.  Her name was Mary Ann Haddad and she was only 54.  My thoughts are with her and her family and most especially with the love of her life Andrew who happens to be like a brother to me.  He's been having a very tough time dealing with her loss and unfortunately he is in Nevada which is a bit far for us to travel too to be with him.  Her body was shipped back to Michigan by her daughter and will be buried today in Bath, Michigan.

It's hard to even express how we've all been feeling the past few days.  I've been barely sleeping at night worrying about my friend and brother, Andrew.  He is so special to me.  I know as does he that we have spent many lifetimes in each others lives, and it's so hard to know that I can't be there for him in Nevada to help him deal with Mary Ann's loss.  I am lucky though to know where she is and how she is on the other side because of my gifts which Andrew knows about and I have had the privilege of sharing many messages with him from Mary Ann's spirit as she has been with me since her passing.  That's the one thing that helps me get through loss is knowing that those whom I love who know of my gift will come to me and let me know they are still there.  Unfortunately it doesn't always make it easier when it comes to dealing with the grief of those they left behind.

Andrew has promised that he will come back to Michigan though and that the three of us, Andrew, Timothy, and I will be finding a place together up north once he returns so that he won't have to be alone.  We finally managed to make him see that it was important for him to do so as Mary Ann has requested that I take care of him for her and be there for him when he needs someone to turn too, and I will do so gladly.  He's a good man with a good heart.  I know others out there that don't seem to believe that, but that's because they don't know the Andrew that I have always known.

I look forward to carrying out Mary Ann's final wish and being there for the man I have always known as a brother and friend.  He has always been an unexpected blessing in my life as she was for him.

I have learned something from all this these past few days.  The most important things in life aren't things we own or things you can purchase in a store.  The most important things, the thing that last, the only things we take with us when we leave this earth are how much we love others, and how much we are loved by others.  Nothing else in this life matters but those two things.

So to anyone reading this I say to you, hold the ones you love close to you.  Tell them how much they mean to you, and let them love you in return.  None of us ever knows how much time we have, so love each day as if it were your last on earth.

Namaste,

Will