A Friend's Death

I pause for a moment to reflect on a friend's recent death. She was not a colleague, client, co-worker or childhood friend but among those wonderful individuals you meet during your lifetime for no apparent reason other than your paths cross and a lifetime connection is made. She was a 2 time cancer survivor and had learned to really cherish each and every day, though she was one to live her life fully before experiencing any illnesses. She was ahead of herself in many ways, advocating advancement in technology among organizations, cities and countries long before some technological changes became standard operating procedure. She was a leader among leaders with her own genuine style. She could be a mover and shaker while attending who's who events or while being a "lazy lima bean" at elite retreats where others crossed deserts, climbed mountains, rode rapids or jumped out of planes.

Carole I. Smiths' legacy will live on in her daughter who has her own unique way of addressing those issues her mother found important. I have watched the relationship among mother and daughter and realize that their relationship and what Carole leaves to her daughter is what I seek to accomplish in an estate planning law practice.

I pause and give my condolences to the family.