Dear Friends:

Your posts have warmed my heart. Thank you. It's hard to believe it has only been a week - at some moments it seems like so long ago and then at other times I feel like I'm still holding my sweet Maggie in my arms.

Darlene's services will be in Connecticut today. We can not attend but her friends here in Florida will hold a special memorial walk for her next Tuesday evening when her husband returns and can join us.

We want to celebrate her wonderful influence on our lives. We met walking as we trained for the Breast Cancer 3 Day in 2005 and so it seems only fitting that we walk and talk about her this way.

There is a beautiful bridge here in Sarasota - about 1 1/2 mile round trip - we'll cross, return to the top send a balloon skyward or perhaps scatter some flowers onto the bay and then gather at a small beach bar nearby to raise a few and tell "Darlene stories" - she was so special, as you might guess.

I think the best thing for all of us to do is to stop for a moment and take stock of who we are, who we love and what makes us happy. Then act on those thoughts.

OK...enough philosophy - thank you again for all your comforting words.

Fondly,

Margo