I wrote this in January of this year and feel like sharing it again, as a way of connecting to the heartbreaking news that Naomi Bernhardt passed away last night after an automobile accident.
I crashed a party Saturday night
Her relationship with my parents was close and spanned the better part of the past century. They owned businesses across the street from each other, and they had a standing Saturday night dinner arrangement — for decades.
It’s not my place to give details about a life that ended only yesterday — before the traditional grieving has even begun.
This is just to say she was a special person. A member of a special family, with special circumstances. A prominent member of her community.
And there’s a special connection.
For this day, that’s enough.