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Roger Allen, Jr. posted a symbolic gesture
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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Thank you, everyone, for being present to represent the love and respect Lori had for you.
I read this the other day from a book that a good friend and co-worker sent to me in the mail.
“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.”
- William Penn
Lori and I were separated literally and figuratively for what summed up to be years during our earlier years together. Our first 20 years of dating and marriage included separation during college, me leaving home to start a career in the Marine Corps, my almost constant series of training and operational deployments around the world, and those business trips that launched the early stages of my career without a uniform.
“We lived, endured, survived, and longed for one another in life. As I cherish [her from] far away, I hold in my heart the memory of my [most beloved] one”.
…always and forever.
- Martha W. Hickman
As “kids”, she introduced herself to me and enveloped me in very much the same way each one of you came to know her. She pulled me in…literally. She welcomes you and embraces you with her personality, kindness, and bubbly form of southern charm. For me, it was a very physical and unexpected introduction. She grabbed and tugged me by the arm and shoulder and said, “this is my buddy!” Doing so saved her from a terrible night with a guy that didn’t end up being the guy she thought he’d be. That started the first night we’d spend together.
33 years is a long time to know someone. We essentially grew up together. We didn’t know each other but realized quickly that we had more in common than we’d anticipated…our goals, aspirations, and lives were out there…way out there beyond what anyone from our families and friends could see.
Where we differed is what became the snare that trapped me and became tighter if I tried to resist. She saw me…inside me. She recognized potential in me that I didn’t know I had. She didn’t run from my dream. She instead made it hers as well and attached herself and her dreams to me while remaining her own individual self. She saw someone she could love…and said it first I might add. She became my love and my best friend. Over time, she was my conscience, my morality, my jailer and liberator. She will continue on as my constant measure for what is right, charitable, and respectable in a person that can give without necessarily transferring some “thing” from her hand to yours. She gave deeply with the substance of the soul.
That’s a gift that’s hard to give back in the full measure that she gave it. Today’s world became a driving force for her. The way she carried herself and served others became more of a driving force in the past few years…even through COVID-19. We had long hours of conversation on the topics of today’s political and moral landscape…those rides to and from the Catskills could be a doozy at times.
On kindness and self-education leading one’s respect for religious and spiritual beliefs and the simple acts of kindness available to us to share daily:
Tolerance leaves us short of the true respect for and openness to others that should lead us through life each day; our beliefs, our choices, our preferences, and our opinions. Respect brings us all closer to the love, compassion, empathy, and inclusion that are common core to all religious and spiritual interpretation and that sets us apart in humanity. Recognizing these commonalities and embracing them as a form of the same indelible characteristics we want to teach and leave for our children are the ties binding us all. Educating yourself to seek out what binds us versus those that appear to be so different is amongst the greatest shows of respect.
To say that I miss her is an understatement. The thought of 33 years as a short portion of the 66 years we could have had in body together has been agonizing.
“But in the ways in which our love was “beyond the world” – not dependent on a particular place or time or set of circumstances – surely that love persists, wherever we are, whatever the circumstances of our life now”.
- Martha W. Hickman
Your boys & I love you, baby.
Always & Forever…
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Laura Rutledge lit a candle
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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Spent many a days with Lori in elementary and middle school. She was a sweet person & friend then and I’m sure she continued to be. She will be truly missed. So sorry and deepest condolences to her family.
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Verna and Lester Wilson lit a candle
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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So sorry for your loss. I knew Lori when she was a child. My mom and Lori's mom were friends. When both of them started working they didn't get to spend as much time together.
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Anonymous planted a tree in memory of Lori Allen
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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We are thinking of you during this difficult time.God Bless John &. Laurie Grover Join in honoring their life - plant a memorial tree
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Bobbi Rougeau lit a candle
Monday, March 27, 2023
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I first met Lori 18 years ago when she placed her sweet baby boy in my care & later her 2nd born. Lori followed me from my home-based family childcare center to what is now known as Alphabet Soup Childcare. She returned to ASCC in 2021 as my administrative assistant. During her time here, aside from office duties, Lori was known to sneak out of the office to visit the children and staff on a regular basis where she could be seen practicing baby yoga, reading stories, simply playing with the children as well as bringing the educators gifts that she either made herself or printed to remind them how important they are and/or just to brighten their day. Always with a smile, Lori was one-of-a-kind with a heart bigger than Texas and our love for her was and always will be just as big. We were lucky to know her. She will be dearly missed by her entire Alphabet Soup Family.
~Bobbi Rougeau "Miss Bobbi"
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Carrie Ferrini posted a condolence
Sunday, March 26, 2023
I am just learning of Lori’s passing. This is just not fairc, and the world lost the brightest light.
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Ronnie posted a symbolic gesture
Sunday, March 26, 2023
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The family of Lori Ann Allen uploaded a photo
Sunday, March 26, 2023
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A Memorial Tree was planted for Lori Allen
Sunday, March 26, 2023
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We are deeply sorry for your loss ~ the staff at Beers & Story Funeral Homes - Belchertown Join in honoring their life - plant a memorial tree
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