Sue

Good morning, first of all I would like to apologise for my English. Sue was helping me with this but we didn't have enough time for my English to be perfect. I hope you at least understand most of what I am about to say now I think that although most of you know me, some of you don't. I'm Maribel, Sue's Spanish daughter It's not that Sue had an affair with a bullfighter in the 60's. We were not linked by blood, but by a feeling of immense affection. I have always believed in coincidences And through a casual question to a friend about how to go to the United States to learn English, I met Eric, who, without knowing me, lent me his house, his car... and his family and friends. Now he is my beloved brother. Before I came, Eric told me about his mother, and told me that I had to meet her and that she would help me around here. And considering how kind he had been, I felt I had to meet Sue. I met Sue on July 15, 2009. That's only 14 years ago . And I have to say, it was a crush. This friendly, caring and above all fun-loving woman made me feel like I was discovering a whole new world. She poured me a wine and took me in the golf cart to get to know the village. I remember asking her: can you drive around in a golf cart with a wine in your hand? And I received a smile in reply. Thanks to her I got to know the town, the Marshalls, the Wallmart, Middletown, the Durham fire station, the ice cream shop where they go fishing in winter, the liquor shop, the Macys parade, the clam chowder, thanksgiving, and most of all her family. Many of them. Her beloved Eric and Jason, Emily and Sam Dave and Steph (and all her family), her neighbours, cousins, her brother and his family, her friends who were so important to her... I met Nancy and her river and Kerry and her forest... I spent wonderful girls' nights every Friday laughing and drinking sangria... We laughed in Las Vegas, in Madrid and in every corner of Connecticut. And I met Brad. That wonderful person who greeted me every day with a "Hey honey" and who smiled when I wanted to say "Yale"and said "Jail" . By the way, Brad, I still can't pronounce "purse" right... I could have used more time. She made me love Connecticut. And to love Durham, this place where her family had a history and where she will now stay, sharing land and love with all of you. Because that's what Sue was: love. And may she have left a legacy of love to all of us who loved her. And who will continue to love her wherever she is.