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Senah Green and Family planted 3 trees in memory of Theresa Green
Saturday, September 17, 2022
3 trees were planted in memory of
Theresa Mae Green
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Peter posted a symbolic gesture
Saturday, September 24, 2022
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FALL RIVER REVISTED
It was as inevitable as the monsoon thunderheads building
over an expansive desert – thoughts of what I might find coming back,
what I lost over the distance, the house, roots I still recognize.
It swirls, triggered by heat, moisture from a calm sky, thicker
as evening approaches. This is what I remember about Tucson,
about mom and dad’s house, the lush desert, her gentle smile.
I remember the house, Sonoran air cooling over the brick and dirt
back yard as the sun goes down. The sun hiding behind greying clouds.
The garden in anticipation, the leaves, flowers, mesquite eagerly awaiting.
Soil made rich from her loving hands, the garden flourishing
with the laughter of kids, brothers, my sister – all that came
through the open front door to wider embracing arms. It filled us
more than her cooking.
I can still see her smile, her light eyes, slightly shutting as the smile becomes bigger.
Her soft, wrinkled hands clutching at newer arms. Dad in his chair, darting from it
to give an affectionate, firm hug. Toys on the rug in the living room for new babies,
a cheese plate with olives and pretzels always near the door. The sweet
scent of a turkey or roast like a breeze from the kitchen. It felt safe here
and if anyone had asked me about the meaning of love, this is how I’d explain it.
When monsoon drops came, it was always sudden, but warm, somehow cleansing.
The hardened dirt would soften, leaves quenching their thirst, Cholla absorbing the drops
of life, the roots drinking, replenished, the desert saturated in a new beginning.
And yet here I was, here again, after being away for too long. There are no clouds today.
no rain. I didn’t see her pass. House had been sold for years. I had meant to say goodbye,
to hold her hand one last time, to wish beyond the empty miles of asphalt,
of seeing that one last smile, take in even a faint caressing gaze. Time had been my thief,
distance was a curtain. Her life, her spirit, were missing, already absorbed into the desert.
She told me once when I was a young, at the realization of death, that no one is really gone.
It’s just a change, she said, a transition. Grandma, grandpa, Fall River, the cabin, the lake water,
all those that left before us are always with us. We just need to look to see them.
I realize it now. I can see her and dad. The house is not gone but was taken by monsoon clouds.
Dad’s thick hug wasn’t lost in the thunder – it became the thunder. Mom’s gentle touch –
the first rain falling to the ground. Her light eyes, the sun warming after the storm has passed.
She is bringing us life and we silently wait in anticipation, our soil is made rich by her loving hands,
our memories are replenished, nourished with the quiet drops of her endless embrace.
-Peter Green
Sept 23, 2022
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Anonymous purchased flowers
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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May she be greeted by heavenly angels, as she was an angel to us while on earth. Much love---Claudia, Jennifer & Kent, Erin & Sandy, Greg & Julia
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Carol Minton uploaded photo(s)
Monday, September 19, 2022
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Love to all of you. What a beautiful Aunt. My mother loved her so much. Wish we could be there to celebrate her life. So glad we got to see her in March.
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John, Jo & Larry, Phil & Vicky, Cottie, Bea, Sue, & Cathie purchased flowers
Sunday, September 18, 2022
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John, Jo & Larry, Phil & Vicky, Cottie, Bea, Sue, & Cathie
purchased the Beautiful Spirit Arrangement for the family of Theresa Green.
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