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“Only connect…” (Dick Tobin)
EM Forster chose to highlight these words on the frontispiece of his 1910 novel Howards End, and of course they embody its central theme. When the novel’s protagonist, Margaret Schlagel, actually speaks them, she has in mind connecting writing with passion. Forster surely had that connection, and so did Sally: not a professional writer, she had graceful epistolary skills, as…
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Hello dear ones (Linda Gamage)
Hello dear ones as Sally Booth used to start many of her correspondences with, I am honored to be able to give you my remembrances about Sally, my friend, my mentor, most of all my Godmother. Many people might have an active godmother, but I was extremely lucky to have a godmother who was very…
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Recording of the memorial service
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Poem
I want to end by sharing some of her words about loss. Gray and I found this among her things, written as she was struggling with losing people. Mom, you will never be alone; your home includes a room in my heart, as well as rooms in the hearts of everyone here.
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About Mom (Bill Booth)
When we were young, all my friends and neighbors said that we had the best mom in the world, and that they wished their mother was like ours. At first I just dismissed this, thinking yea, you say that because she is not your mom. Or I thought it was because mom made us all…
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Sally (Jamey Bell)
I’m honored—overcome—to be here speaking about our beloved Sally. Gray, Bill, Lauri, Susan: thank you for your generosity in sharing her and this time. She was SO BIG—in a diminutive, contained package. It’s not possible to completely describe what Sally was to me— I wished her HAPPY MOTHERISH DAY every year, she called me her…
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Gray’s Eulogy (Gray Booth)
Thank you all for being here as we remember and celebrate the life of Sally Booth. It is comforting to be with so many people who were dear to Mom and to know that we all share the feeling that she is dear to us. And I also want to acknowledge and thank Linda and…
Sara Booth 