Sunday, September 15, 2024
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As I prepare our Lighthouse Villas community newsletter and reserve a space to honor our dear former neighbor and family friend, Phyllis, I learned about this site so wanted to share a memory with her family, especially her sister Georgene who had to handle all the logistics of Phyllis's passing, which wasn't easy, thank you Georgene!
Each day when I walk our dog past her house, Bandit tries to run up the steps to see Norman or when we go down the alley he runs straight to their back gate as he has done for the past 5 years, it makes my heart ache.
I miss my dear friend of 17 years, she was like an older sister to me even though she was almost my moms age we had a special bond. She used to help us when my boys were little and we needed someone to pickup from school or drop off at hockey practice, she was always there when we needed her and in return I would spend countless hours helping her with her laptop or that damn printer she could never get to print or fix something on her cell phone, she was always fighting tech. Twice a year I'd have to go show her how to reset her clock (again) for the time change! One year I tried to buy her an Atomic clock so she wouldn't have to mess with it and she yelled at me and told me to send it back! Standard Phyllis way, we argued often but we always made up. Now I realize why she never wanted me to buy her that damn atomic clock, it was her way of getting me over to her house to have a glass of wine and visit, something I did often but now in hindsight I guess not enough. She was a special friend and neighbor and like family to all of us and will ALWAYS have a place in our hearts. The LUFKINS (Paul, Tracy, Josh/Xavier, Matthew, and Bandit)
