sally brown
Posted Feb 17, 2021
at 02:21pm
I first met Lynda in church, when she came down to the Sunday School, asking to be introduced to the individuals who might become Kate and Abby's Sunday School teachers. I'm glad I passed muster, as Kate Kelley kept me on my toes, as did many of the kids in that class of 13-16 year olds. And Abby was later to become our girls' favorite baby-sitter, as she played with them with such creativity! In thinking how to convey just what fun my dear, dear friend Lynda brought to every activity we ever shared together, and there were many: weddings, within her greater family and ours, including co-hosting a wedding shower for her, before her marriage to Michael; and going back earlier, when Lyn taught me the "how-tos" of lap swimming, at the Canton Ct. pool, when she and Fred, and Woody and I would enjoy a swim on a summer afternoon , after work. Later, after Woody and I had moved to Maine, Lynda and I spent an afternoon together, swimming at the Canton pool, she laughing so hard at something I said, we BOTH could hardly catch our breath--while treading water in the deep end! I recall my first lunch with Lyn, at her East Hill Road home, when she served homemade chicken soup which is, to date, the best I've had anywhere. As Lynda was in the kitchen I took a self-tour , noting an exquisite wall tapestry. Upon asking where she had purchased it, she responded, "Oh, I made that myself, Sal--do you like it? Self-effacing throughout, because I then went on to ask her method for applying stenciling to her living and hallway walls--she said she " just got a thought in her mind, and drew it." No mylar paper, templates, stenciling knife--which I was at the time employing for my diningroom walls--but far less artistically than my talented -in- all- home- arts friend! One night, just before we moved out of state, Lynda, Michael, Woody & I spent a lovely summer evening over dinner at a french restaurant, prior to a performance of "George M", at the Goodspeed Opera House, Ct. The restaurant was very pricey, with a waiter who felt he had to put on airs, which struck Lyn and me as humorous, until the roast lamb we'd ordered was brought RED, although we'd ordered medium rare. It took a political negotiation, diplomacy and calming of our waiter to convince him that Yes, we really would like our meat to be cooked more. Lynda shared with me how she grew to feel very close to her daughters, Anne and Katie Leonard. And, during the end of Lynda's time here, whenever Gus answered one of my phones calls I got to realize how Gus, Michael's son, so very much emulates his dad's quietly kind, compassionate and caring manners. Lynda's warmth, genuineness, compassion towards all, especially those most in need, are qualities furthering my dear friend's progress Spiritward. This quote from Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures conveys what I know Lynda believed happens for any sincere seeker for Truth...and Lynda IS just such a seeker: "Advancing spiritual steps in the teeming universe of Mind lead on to spiritual spheres and exalted beings. To material sense, this divine universe is dim and distant, gray in the somber hues of twilight; but anon the veil is lifted, and the scene shifts into light." with much love, sally brown, Yarmouth, Maine.