“Dear Sonia,
I was a shocked hearing it was you for who the bells tolled, Sonia, and not the ones we were concerned about, it is hard to accept that we will not see you here any longer, that your great smile is merely a memory. Not you Sonia, who walked without a cane or walker, and regularly traveled to the city as you loved shopping.
It will be a memory that I stopped at your table every lunch time to chitchat, and everyone there knew it was for you I paused, and when you smiled it was as if you smiled for me.
I remember everyone singing 'happy birthday' to us as we celebrated our birthdays on the same day.
I found you sitting by yourself at the gazebo, where we talked about things that mattered to you, about the hard times you had when you were rejected as a child, about the man who loved you, but too early passed away, about the difficulties you had camping with MS, how embarrassed you felt by taking food to your mouth holding a spoon with both shaking hands.
You helped your friend, who had endured a serious foot operation, by taking the walker to her and helping her her to her room. She will miss you, as our Pavilion family will miss you.
Sonia we will remember you with love. God be with you until we all meet again,
your friend Lex.”