Rosie passed away on the evening of May 10th 2012 after an illness which she bore with grace.

This site was originally set up to keep Rosie's friends updated in the final months of her illness (please click here for posts from April, and here for posts from May). The comments left by friends and family during those weeks, as well as emails sent, gave her much joy and strength.

Below are links to additional sites in memory of Rosie which you may wish to visit:

- To make a charity donation in memory of Rosie, please click here

- For readings and music from Rosie's service, please click here

- To view pictures of Rosie, please click here (you may send additional ones to the email below, which I can upload)

- To share your memories of Rosie or to make tributes, please click here

I will make occasional posts when sites are updated, or to report back on donations. If you wish to receive these, please enter your email address under the "follow by email" dialogue box and click 'submit'.

Aleyn Smith-Gillespie

aleyn@alum.mit.edu

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Rosie has enjoyed hearing the many messages and emails (as well as looking at photos), and remembering the happy and funny anecdotes you shared. She thanks you for all of those and sends her love.

We have haven't been able to walk outside much in the past couple of days due to the rain and colder weather, but were able to spot a lovely rainbow from her bedroom window. I includes some photos of this below (including some of which I ran down to the lake to take), as well as a couple of others.

She is still very tired, and sleeps a lot. Overall, while things are relatively stable, one can see she is gradually getting weaker. Unfortunately that's the way things go - however we are still managing to have some laughs (many of which are generated by the messages!), and taking each day as it comes. She is being given great care, and her pain is being very well managed (she is essentially pain-free).






Aleyn
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 22, 2012 at 5:59 AM

    POEMA ESTO ES TODO LO QUE DESEO PARA TI

    Felicidad: Muy dentro de tí.

    Serenidad: En cada amanecer.

    Exito: En cada faceta de tu vida.

    Amigos: Muy cercanos y pendientes de tí.

    Amor: Que siempre fluya de tu interior.

    Conocimiento: De la gracia y el amor de Dios.

    Recuerdos especiales: De todo el ayer.

    Un brillante hoy: Con mucho por lo cual agradecer.

    Un camino: Que te lleve a un hermoso mañana.

    Sueños: Para que se conviertan en realidad.

    Y gratitud: Por todas las maravillosas cosas a tu alrededor.


    Besos de Bangkok

    Evelyn Rossi

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  2. AnonymousApril 23, 2012 at 3:01 AM

    Dear Senora Rosie,
     
    Only a short while ago, whilst doing some much needed attic cleaning (20 years worth?!) I came across some old notebooks and a much handled Spanish text book featuring a Green Mussy (el Grande! no less).

    Many good memories come with that book, but also I confess a sense of guilt that I have let my Spanish slip over the years. I have little opportunity to speak Spanish now we are living just outside Zurich, although I have be-friended my local  Butcher who is from Argentina and don’t miss an opportunity to speak it.
    I am keeping all my books, with big red correction marks, water stains, fond memories and all, so that one day my daughter too can learn from them. 
    She is only 10 months, but there is no age limit for green monsters, right?

    Fondest regards from my mother, Janette, my daughter Isla Bella, my husband and myself.
     
    Xx Fiona Barrera

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