A toi AL
IN MEMORY OF A BEAUTIFUL SOUL !
AL’s Tree – a nice place to rest ! 
Anne-Lise,
It’s been a year now since I was told of your departure from Earth…
Today I wish to honour you and our friendship by giving you this space on the site – something you and I talked about, dreamed of, you see it did happen !
It’s been a year dearest dearest Friend and I still cry over you. You left, without saying goodbye, and it still hurts so much. I am still grieving and think I always will. This is for you … Our friendship dates back to the 60’s, we were at one time school mates but had lost contact with each other. You came back into my life in the year 2001 – at that time I was living in the UK and you were in Spain. While surfing the web one day, you came across “mocamarade.com” (bless the site !) where you got my email add and contacted me straight away. It was wonderful and since this moment we emailed each other constantly. I knew there and then that you were battling with cancer, but after a year or so of intense correspondence & phone calls, you announced with a BIG HOOORRRAY… that you were in remission. I can still remember this email – it started with : YYIIIPPEEEEE… Before we left the UK to come back to live in Mauritius, we gave ourselves a rendez-vous in a pub in England and were reunited after 35 years ! It was one of these moments in life when you feel overwhelmed with joy and you heart is pounding so much that you think it will burst !… We could not stop crying… then laughing… ! With your dearest hubby, you came to visit us in Mauritius and we had the pleasure of your company for 2 wonderful weeks. You came back to your dear island in the sun for the 1st time after 35 years of absence – maintenant je sais que tu es revenue pour faire tes ADIEU ! I am so grateful for this short but unforgettable quality time with you my
Dearest Friend ! When you left, we cried in each others arms … !
Your departure from Earth, left a hole in my heart which will take a long long time to close…
AL, you were a wonderful soul, very jolly, very true and in love with life ! You were the bravest, courageous person I personally have had the pleasure of knowing and loving. Despite your aches & pains, you were always on the go, and constantly wanting to see more, to read more, to learn more… Somewhere you knew you would have had to leave sooner… You lived your life with both feet well on the ground and when you discovered your disease, you fought it with both arms and I have never heard you complain, on the contrary you were constantly reaching out to people… You had such a positive look on life and I always admired you for being YOU ! You were not yet a grandmother when you died, but you shared every moment of my joy & happiness of being one. AL, you were and will always be my TRUE BEST FRIEND. I still miss you dreadfully.
Your friend for ever Doris +xxxx
A Dieu AL, “Namasté” my true and dearest friend,
“I love you and honour the place in you in which the entire universe dwells.
I honour in you the place which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace.
When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me,
We are ONE.”
doris + October 2007 
(you loved this one !