Posts Tagged "heart attack"

Women and Heart Dis-ease

Posted by on Apr 25, 2009 in Life Lessons | 0 comments

My sister Faye’s funeral is over and as we’re picking up the pieces of our lives it almost feels like we’re sleep walking, hoping to wake up and know that this was all a dream and Susie is home from her vacation in Cancun.  In the mist of our sorrow my sisters and I talk about how we just burst into tears when we remember she’s gone, it’s still a shock and the hole in our hearts a very raw wound.   As the big sister I’ve organized the work to be done like a project, creating a spreadsheet with all the information, action items and duties to be performed.  I did the research on the legal financial responsibilities and spoke to the appropriate...

Read More

Healing Memories of Faye “Susie” Chapa

Posted by on Apr 18, 2009 in Healing | 3 comments

I struggled to find the right words to write my sister’s obituary this week.  Her body was shipped home from Cancun late Thursday night, she died of a heart attack while on vacation with my family.  The past few days have been difficult as we communicated long distance through phone calls and text messaging, bless my 13 year old niece Simone for being our communication hub for all the family members.  The frustration over distance, language and culture differences as we worked through getting everyone back to Minnesota was overwhelming.  We are all here now, my brother finally arrived from New Mexico to join us in our grief. My sister had a...

Read More