Wendi posted a condolence
Thursday, March 21, 2013
My dearest Susie, My friend, my mentor and my confidant. I was so lucky to have met you as a new volunteer at Victory Hospital. Our friendship was not of the usual sort as we so often used to say. It was remarkable that we remained friends for so long, 38 years. We often laughed about this and always realized how fortunate we were to have found each other. We supported each other through the years, learned from each other and learned to teach others. I could always count on you as so many others learned to do. You taught new nurses, our EMS students, our EMS providers and in many cases a ED doctor and even our private physicians. When doctors came to the ED to see their patients, they asked for you by name. You mentored, you taught and you solidified the relationship between the ED staff and our EMS providers. I will miss your sincerity, your opinions and your bare honesty that often challenged me and made me consider so many different sides of every issue. I will miss our many three hour conversations as we discussed the political arena, challenged each others views, talked about the state of healthcare and worked our way through each other's personal trials and tribulations. We often did not agree on issues but we discussed our opinions freely and openly. It was always a hearty discussion, often filled with questions, quite a bit of pondering and always, always a lot of laughter. It was remarkable that our age difference did not matter and our wonderment of how God put us together always filled the hours. I appreciated that you always stood for something. This life lesson served me well throughout my life. I will miss our talks, your laugh and your common sense. Through it all, no matter where the conversation took us, we always, always finished every conversation by simply saying "I love you." I cherished that ending of the conversation every time we talked. So in parting my friend, I will simply say thank you for being my friend, thank you for giving me so many life lessons and thank you for understanding. "I love you."
