Hard to Forget Someone Unforgettable. 10-26-14

Dear Pat,

There's a reason to think of you every single day.   But yesterday was a special day.   I attended the memorial of a man named Davyd.   He was the husband to a director, Norman,  I've worked with and his death was sudden.  And heartbreaking.   I only met him a couple times but I'm glad I did.  I will never remember everything that was talked about and read by his friends and family yesterday but I will now always remember Davyd and I will always remember the feeling  I had sitting in that theater listening.    He was described as a person who loved life, who always was a bright light wherever he went.    He moved to the beat of his own drummer, he cared for the underdogs.   He was an artist and painted in beautiful colors, bright colors.

Not long ago, he asked his friend "Why are people so mean to each other?"    That hit home with everyone in that room.   It's not hard to be kind.    But sometimes people forget.    And they forget to talk to each other.   He was kind.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that. Someone who made a difference to a lot of people and to a lot of people he didn't even know.

 That reminded me of you.  You did that too.  I am working with someone who just realized that I was your daughter.   He worked with you on Rush Hour 2.    He told me a story about you being so excited to go home and have your baked potato so you could have wonderful dreams.   He said you said it with such joy and enthusiasm that he looked forward to hearing more.    How many years ago was that?   He remembered this simple thing.  He remembered you because of the way you told the story and how much joy it brought you to just have a baked potato.  

You are never forgotten.    Because of the way you made people feel.  

I love you lots,

Xochi

Happy Birthday Pat! 2014

Happy Birthday Pat.  I've been celebrating your birthday today by telling people about you, eating grilled cheeses and chocolate malts and reading lots of comments that friends have made about you remembering their favorite things about you.   They remember as though it was yesterday.   You made that kind of impression on those whose path you crossed.

Others are also having grilled cheeses, changing their shoes, taking long walks…all over the country.

And it's a perfect day.   Last week was in the 90's, quite miserably hot but today was 75 with a cool breeze.   I think it was for you.

We will celebrate Mom's 80th birthday with a party at my house June 14th.   She'll have lots of friends and family around, it should be a fun time.  

We talk about you all the time, you always make us laugh…that will never change no matter when or where or what happens.

Practically every day at work you come up in conversation…sorry, can't help it.  :)

Lots and lots of love to you.

Xochi aka Grasshopper Lips aka Rita aka Zora aka Xoch the Roach (by the way, Mike Weathers, who did call me the Roach, has passed away, he got sick last year…I hope you too can see each other sometime and catch up)

Love you,

X

Happy St. Patrick's Day Pat.

 Mom at home.

UNH Magazine

Hiya Pat!

 It's been a long time, I'm a total slacker…but it's actually been pretty busy the last few months.    

BUT I can tell you I think of you every single day.   There is always something that reminds me of you or a reason that I need to tell someone a story about you or something silly that you might do in a situation.   You're always around.

Here's what has happened since Christmas…the biggest news is that the house that Mom has been living in I now own!   Yay.  She can stay there now as long as she'd like to stay.     It was a long few months but it all worked out.   I'm sure you were up there helping us along.

End of December was Frank Leonetti's Funeral.    Although always sad, I did get a chance to see all the Leonettis, Bobby Fiore and others whom I hadn't seen in a long time and of course we all talked about you.

I made it into the UNH Magazine last month!   They did a story on graduates that are now in the movie business.   It was a fun article and they put us all on the cover.   When Nancy Williams saw the story, she then put me in the Eaton column the next week for the The Conway Sun!   Yes, I made it into two publications in the same month!   haha.   

Today, St. Patrick's Day, we had a nice little earthquake, shook us all up!   It was somewhere between a 4.4-4.7 and not a nice rolling one.   Quite a way to start the day but all okay.

I've been working on a wonderful show called "The Fosters".   We just started the second season and all great so far!   Such a nice group of folks running the show and you'd love the cast who plays the family.   

Anyway, everyone is doing well, a few ups and downs here and there but all in all, we are happy.  Mom and all her little kids are doing fine.

Miss you a lot…oh, and I just noticed your picture fell down, oops…dang earthquake.   

Love you,

Xochi