Monday, April 22, 2024
I’ve known Sandy, Joe and Gavin for 35 years. Sandy was the alto section leader in my St. Joseph’s choir for 25 years. We probably sang 55 concerts together! 25 Christmas Eves, 25 Christmases,
25 Holy weeks, 25 Easter’s, 25 Pentecost's…………. She was a faithful chorister and a joy to be around in choir. A great leader and friend. She toured Ireland with the choir in 2008 with Joe and Gavin in tow. We had a blast!
As we got to know each other over the years, it was obvious our upbringings were so similar. I think that’s why we hit it off immediately.
I never knew a harder worker. She put in more 16 hour days at both her jobs that anyone would care to count. She just never wanted to let anyone down.
We spent many happy hours at her camp in Sylvan beach fishing, at picnics and ofcourse playing pitch! I don’t think any of us can imagine camp without her.
Her life was her family! Joe and Gavin, her siblings, her extended family, her coworkers and friends………were all her life. All she talked about was them! Sandy and I both have twin siblings. She was very proud of her twin Randy, and they had a special bond only twins have and can understand.
Most important of all, Sandy believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and spent a good part of her life bringing him honor, glory and praise. She is in his very presence as I write this. She is alive in Christ!
That promise, that hope is what will get her loved ones thru this time of loss and grief. Knowing we will all be together again is what she would want us to hold on to. That and the countless memories she made with family, friends coworkers and loved ones.
Sandy- we love you and can’t thank you enough for always putting others first, for your tireless unmatched work ethic, for your beautiful voice, your down to earth personality and the immeasurable love you shared with all of us.
Until we meet again in Heaven.
Scott
