Audrey 

 

September 2005

 

 

I started my life cocooned in a warm and safe watery world where I was nourished and kept safe for nine months.  I had no inkling of what lay ahead or that one day I would have to leave my known world for an unknown life.

 

I was born on October 3, 1951 and on that day as a newborn baby one journey had ended and a new life began.  I started another journey through life.  I had to trust that my needs would be met.

 

This journey has lasted 53 years and I am about to begin another act of faith.

 

What lies ahead?  I firmly believe I am going on with love to love.  I will be a part of all who love me, all who will remember me, all who have loved me and gone ahead of me.

 

God is love.  I want to be a part of that love, the love he has for each of us and the love we have for each other.

 

Love is the only enduring thing on earth.  It is all we can take with us.

 

I love you all dearly and I have always felt loved in return.

 

I don't know what comes next.  I didn't know what came after the womb but when that period ended I started a new life.

 

I have the faith to believe that another phase of my life will begin.  I think, I firmly believe that it will be about a Oneness with God, and that love will be its essence.

 

Love me, be happy for me.  Remember me with love, not sadness.

 

I'd like to be a little memory inside you, a little glow as you remember that I loved you dearly.  This memory will be my hug to you, each day and whenever you remember me.

 

I love you all so much.

 


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