*whispers* the password is ‘goodbye’

“Allen Lud­den died from stom­ach can­cer on June 9, 1981, in Los An­ge­les … White de­cid­ed not to re­mar­ry, since Ludden’s death. In an in­ter­view with Lar­ry King, when asked whether she would re­mar­ry, she replied by say­ing, ‘Once you’ve had the best, who needs the rest?’”
—Wikipedia

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Bet­ty White was a Chris­t­ian who hoped that when she died, the first thing she’d see was Allen.

I’m not a be­liev­er my­self, but there is a part of me – the part that loves and cries and miss­es those who are gone – that wants every­one to some­how get what they hope and dream for them­selves af­ter death.
 

I know we are all sad at her pass­ing and this has been a shit year, but, if she died to­mor­row in­stead of to­day then peo­ple would just be say­ing how 2022 start­ed off shitty.

I also think it’s kind of epic and badass that she went out on NYE. Not like she chose it of course, but damn. 

What a way to leave us. Spec­tac­u­lar, just like the lady herself. 

She was al­most 100. It was bound to hap­pen. She’s the type of per­son every­one wish­es could live forever.

I’m grate­ful that I got to be alive at the same time as a per­son I wished would nev­er die. Those peo­ple are few and far between.

 

To laugh, and make oth­ers laugh, are two of the great­est gifts of life.

Cheers to you, Bet­ty. The world won’t be the same with­out you.

 

—emi­ly duchaine

Flom­mist Emi­ly Duchaine lives in the Pa­cif­ic North­west. She likes to drink mead, learn about sharks, and lis­ten to the Talk­ing Heads. She pre­tends to be a pro­fes­sion­al busi­ness­woman most days. Copy­right © 2021 Emi­ly Duchaine.

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