My name is Lori Jamison.
There are so many things about Cristy that I will miss. One of those things was her sense of humor. I could never really quite figure out when she would be teasing me because she did it with such a straight face!
Once Cristy and I were coming home from Campanilla's bell rehersal and she wanted to know my opinion about the music she had picked out to play for the SOV choir that she directed and I played in. After I gave her my thoughts (which were pretty positive ones) she said smiling that she never actually listens to me because she could always tell by my face what I really thought! Silly me. Why even bother, huh. It was then that I truly realized how close Cristy and I had become.
I could talk to her about anything and about nothing with ease. We connected through music, like I am sure many others have connected with her. She was the first person I had ever met that shared my passion for ringing handbells. We were both so excited to find ways to challenge ourselves and to have fun playing handbells.
I will miss her watching her ring and direct bells at the same time!! It always amazed me that she could do that and do it with grace. And count out loud and mouth the measures with reckless abandon! There will never be another friend so dear to me as Cristy was. -Lori Jamison
PS: My thoughts and prayers are with you. I think that I am still in shock about her passing. I keep expecting to see her or hear from her about rehearsal stuff, etc. Were you able to see your Mom? I understand why you wanted to see her. If she was my Mother I would need to do the same. Please take care of yourself right now. I know that may be a difficult thing to do. Your mom talked so much about you and you being "preggers" again. She was so excited for you. She loved those boys (including Greg) of yours with all of her heart. She told me that her and Greg were a lot alike and could talk for hours as well as understand each other. Tell him how much she loved and cared for him too.
Again, My Sympathies to You
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Today was the memorial service for Cristy.
ReplyDeleteI have to tell you that it felt so strange to be up in the balcany with bells in hand and not have her be there.
Honestly, my heart broke all over again. How do you continue on knowing that things will never be the same again? I suppose that is the question we all have when we loose someone that we love.
Personally, I will miss meeting her on Sunday afternoons at her house so that we could ride to rehearsal together. I will miss talking and sharing with her as we drove to and from rehearsal.
When we had had a difficult rehearsal and we were both exhausted, it was comforting to be with her.
We could talk about the music and the aches that sometimes come when rehearsals were longer than normal. Her new truck had a feature (one that I would have gladly paid for myself had she not had it) that would warm up your back and seat. I used that every single time we rode together, even in the heat, but especially coming home from a night at Desert Botanical Gardens. It got to be a little joke between us about having the "hot seats" to look forward to.
It seems silly, me talking about car seats on this... I wish that she could be with us again.
It would be nice to drive up to her house and to see her walk out getting ready to drive us to rehearsal like nothing had ever happened as tragic and as sad as her untimely death.
Maybe that is something I need to do anyway to honor our time together and to help me to heal. Cristy, you will be dearly missed. I love you. Thanks for all the beautiful music you brought into my life and for the compaionionship we shared.
Lori Jamison