Notes from a Time Traveller by Elke Stevens

Life is not a sheet of paper on which you can erase everything, it leaves a print.
And Annie has left a mark on us all. Our hero went on a journey, the journey of life. Annie chose the path of family.

Where no decision or choice knew the outcome she expected or hoped for. Yet she found the treasure in every challenge and turned it into an adventure.
Rebellious and restless, full of warmth and an inner song, she found a miracle in every new day.

For days she silently waited for you to say a word, without needing to justify yourself, she could listen.
Her advice was nothing more than what you already knew, she saw what was hidden from others.

When you listen you can hear her say that your heart already knows all the answers. She would tell you “you can’t open your umbrella for the rain of tomorrow” and “luckily we’re not perfect and may we make mistakes”, “and don’t forget that the darkest days can give us the most light, because only in darkness shines light ”.

But our mom was also full of dreams and plans. Dreams for and with her children and grandchild, dreams for her self.
She was someone who wanted to experience and live life in fullness. She had more to do than could be done in one life.
In this way she turned every house into a home, full of life, colours, joy, sometimes with a smile and sometimes with a tear.

She always found time to love life and the people around her. Her heart is now in our hearts, life has lost a hero but gained a legend.
The angel she is now whispers in my ear that it is okay to show emotions. She tells me that she knew joy and riches, that she felt blessed with her family and that she still listens to us.

But mama, we didn’t say goodbye and now I don’t know if you can hear me if I say I love you. That I always think of you, but now you are so far away that I can no longer hug you.
You are gone with our dreams, and yet you still call me every moment of the day. But I only see a shadow.
Her history now lives on within us, what will we do with it.
Mommy, I love you xxx

12/2019 Elke T.B. Stevens