Cindy will be greatly missed...

We had Cindy's memorial today. It was so very, very nice. Lot's of phriends and friends sent in special memories of Cindy and the minister put it all together to make a very special and very beautiful memorial service. I read a poem that was written by a phriend named Colleen. After our online PH community had several phriends lose their battle with pulmonary hypertension, Colleen felt compelled to write this beautiful poem to help her deal with her grief, which, in turn, helped all of us.

When A Phriend Becomes An Angel

When a PHriend becomes an angel,
We may feel shocked and very sad.
We may not understand why,
We may feel so very bad.

When a PHriend becomes an angel,
We mourn the life that should have been.
We hoped they’d see more years to come,
More time with family and friends.

When a PHriend becomes an angel,
We begin to have more fears.
When will it be my time to go?
Is it months or maybe years?

But when a Phriend becomes an angel,
We start to also realize.
There will no longer be the hardships,
No more pains and no more cries.

When a PHriend becomes an angel,
They are now in so much peace.
Breathing easier forever more,
Watching over loved ones with such ease.

My dear PHriend, now YOU'RE and angel.
Though we may physically be apart,
Your smile, your love your PHriendship
will keep you in my heart.

~Colleen Schnell February, 2007

**Colleen originally wrote the poem with the following ending. I changed it to the above ending (with her permission of course) to make it a bit more fitting for Cindy's service.

"To my Phriends who have sadly passed away,
So suddenly gone within this year.
Please know how much I love you,
How you have become so very dear."

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Annette