Happy 53rd Birthday!  / Susan (Friend for Close to 30 Yrs. )

Happy 53rd Birthday Dear Friend.  I miss you so very much.....

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So Much More  / Bill Costley (husband)
to & for Carolin Combs

While I’m still on this Earth

& what's left of you is too

we’re still engaged in its

activities & significations

my actions on your behalf

weighing heavily upon me:

I have so much more to do

for you your name work;

so much more out of love

so much more in gratitude.

- Bill

(12 AUG 09 Santa Clara CA)

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A Day-lit Couple  / Bill Costley (husband)
(to Carolin Combs)


We were always a fully day-lit couple.
We came to California for the sunshine.
Our backyard was full of flowers & fruit trees.
Our cat slept in the shade of a tree of tiny plums.

My heart breaks to no longer be in that house
with you who made it all make sense to me:
“There you go again, Bill, looking for meaning”
you often chided me about seeking explanations

where none applied, especially here in California
where people say anything & quickly forget it,
as I fear they will all forget you; but I still have
much more to do for you for the rest of my life .

You’re buried a few blocks from where I write this,
your rosevine flourishing on a green metal trellis,
your name on a small brass plate on the church wall.
I can’t believe I’m writing this to you about you,

my dearest, & weep as I write this to you, Carolin,
w/out you here in daylight in northern California
where nothing anyone says sounds real to me. We
were always a day-lit couple, wherever we were.


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Overdue signs  / Bill Costley (husband)
Carolin's brass nameplate is now up on the outside wall of St. Mark's Episcopal in Santa Clara CA opposite her flourishing rosevine of pale pink roses. Parishoner Jani Wild soon will be making a sign to go on the green wire trellis that supports the rosevine, saying "This is Carolin's rosevine" in recognition of Carolin's contribution to St. Mark's. Close

Happy Birthday  / Susan (Close friend for 29 yrs. )
Happy 51st birthday, dear friend.  
I miss you...
Love,
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dreams / Ann
I have been having several dreams lately about you. Close

Raining in England  / Ann
I'm thinking of you in England when it's raining and you liked England despite the rain which I always thought was kind of you because it does rain here an awful lot x Close

Bill misses you  / Ann
You know how much Bill misses you. I hope you can send him strength to get through. Close

Rest In Peace, Dear Friend...  / Susan (Close Friend )
Rest in peace, dear friend. I will always love you.  For 28 years you were my closest friend, my confidante, my pal, my colleague, my "sister," my maid-of-honor - once and then again, the shoulder I cried on, the ears that were always there to listen, the hearty laughter I'll always remember. Thank you very, very much for what you added to my life. I'll be looking forward to seeing you on the other side.   
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Like a Poem  / Trev Teasdel (Friend)
All good poems, leave something rich behind after they've been read. In your written and spoken words and the love you gave to those close to you. We leave seeds to nourish others.

love from Trevor Close

I'll miss u  / Ruth Maltby (Friend)
i'll miss u and your excellent cooking (thats the one thing i associate you with more than anything, i loved your cakes!) xxxxxxxxxxx Close

for carolin  / Ann Wainwright (friend)
Carolin, you're an exceptional girl - always was, always will be x Close