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By Cindy
location
Windsor, Colorado
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signed 19 Dec 2006 by Cindy |
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Dear Terri, Bindi and Bob,
May God give you peace, comfort and ease the burden of your loss especially during this holiday season. How great it is that there's so much film footage of Steve to remember him by. I was at our town's annual Harvest Festival when I heard the news that Steve had passed away. It broke my heart.
Some time before Steve died I said to someone, "Wouldn't it be great just to be able to be around him?" I thought it would have been just alot of fun to be in the same room with him even for a little while because of his super personality.
My dad had always told me that the way a person treats animals is a good indication of the way they treat people. I never forgot that. I raised two tiny baby squirrels once that the Fire Department rescued from an attic fire. I had hand fed them every two hours with homemade formula that the vet recommended to use with a dropper, but I found that a doll's baby bottle worked alot better. It was hard when the day came to set them free when they were old enough to be on their own. I got pretty attached to Chester and Wilbur.
I'd like to share something else with you. I also lost my dad one year ago of cancer, but I had time to say goodbye. He was only 68. It must've been really hard for you when Steve was so much younger and his death was so unexpected. By the way, my dad's first name is the same name as your little Bob's middle name, and our neighbor's little 2 year old girl resembles Bindi - alot. Shes so cute! From June until December 2005, I talked with my dad on the phone almost everyday for as long as he wanted to talk. On the evening of December 15th 2005, I took a flight back to Illinois see him. I was told later that he was waiting until I got there. I went right from the airport to the hospital where my dad was. When I walked into his room, he was sitting in a chair. He looked up and when he saw me, he started to cry. I hugged him for a long time. I told him later that I was so glad that I had him for my dad, and he said he was glad that I was his daughter. I got the news about 2am on December 20th that my dad had passed away. The funeral was on December 22nd. I was given a card on Christmas with a gift inside that my dad had prepared months in advance because he thought that he wouldn't make it until Christmas. I cried because I knew how bad that my dad suffered with the cancer and still he wanted his kids to have a Christmas present from him. When he first told me that he had terminal cancer the previous June, he told me "Just remember when you look up at that star just know that I'll be looking down on you." Just before daylight on December 20th as we were leaving the hospital, which was a few hours after my dad passed away, I was thinking how cold it was outside. As we drove, I looked up out of the car window and saw one really big bright star shining up in the sky. It was in the south east and was the only star in the sky.
Remember this Bible verse...
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalms 139:15,16
How blessed that Steve was on this earth even for a short time. I know Bindi will carry on where her daddy left off. God never shuts one door without opening another.
Again, may God bless you and your family and may He give you His peace.
Sincerely,
-Cindy
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