Year four

God's gift to me

Here was a person that was kind, giving, intelligent, witty, strong-willed,yet mindful of others needs, beautiful both inside and out, gentle and soft and easily hurt. She was articulet, she was funny, she was child-like in a sophisticated way. A little girl once told her that she really liked Cathy because Cathy can get little and that was an unusual impression of a little girl towards a grown-woman. Cathy always put the wants of others before her own and she always made sure that her actions didn't offend anyone. She wasn't always successful in that but it wasn't due to the lack of trying. I think in many cases people got offended because Cathy brought out their own guilt.

She was a pillar of strength when it came to right and wrong. Her Catholic upbringing gave her a strong conviction to what she believed was right. And in many cases she was indeed right. Her presence and strong beliefs kept me from wandering off the path and saying or doing things that oppose her strong sense of proper behavior. When we were first married, I wanted to continue my bachalor behaviors, she said "no". I wanted to but my love for her was too strong and I only wanted to please her and put aside my boyish desires.

She was god's gift to the world, she was god's gift to her family, She was god's gift to her friends and above all, she was god's gift to me.