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Karen Trask, Oct. 3rd, 2007
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This is what I said at the reception after the funeral:
I am Karen, Audrey’s daughter-in-law. Audrey was also a reader and we shared the love of books. In these past few days, Henry encouraged me take whatever book I wanted from the overflowing library. I was happy to discover this book (which I held up) called, Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom. But as I opened it, I saw that it was so new and looked unread and I was almost sad to think that maybe Audrey hadn’t had time to read it. But near the end of the book, I discovered a page with a corner turned down and I trust that this is a sign that she indeed did read this book.
I considered Audrey like a mother. I lost my mother when I was quite young and she was the only one I have been able to call Mom in all these years. She was a good mother to me. And now I would like to read the passage on that page,

“As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on – in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here. […]  Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

Thank you Audrey,