Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Hi there, these are the memories that I hold dear. I decided to go to Canada to work on my English so I went to Manitoba University. This decision gave me an opportunity to meet my best friend Audrey for the first time. We first met at her clothes shop in Winnipeg. I visited her shop, and we enjoyed chatting. It was about thirty years ago. Her husband Dennis took me to Clear Lake to have the experience of water-biking. It was my first time so I enjoyed it very much. She invited me to her house and we ate hamburgers together. It was one of my best memories while I was in Canada.
Several years later, I visited her house with my sister when I was 27 years old. I decided to see her family and wanted to say thank you because we had kept in touch for about 7 years.
Since we met, we had corresponded for about 30 years altogether. Right until her passing. The age difference between us was around 30 years but she always treated me like a friend. She always sent me a lot of photos with her letters. I always looked forward to hearing from her very much.
Here is another memory.
I visited her for the 2nd time. I went to her clothes shop and was invited to her house. That time, I was with my friend Yoko. Mrs. Audrey and Dennis welcomed us and they showed us their cute dogs and we chatted and ate hamburgers together. The third time, I visited her house 7 years later, I decided to see her family with my sister. I only bought plane tickets. Unfortunately, the flight was delayed but she waited for us at the airport for 6 hours. She was so kind to us and drove us for 3 hours at midnight. She must have been very, very tired. She always gave us a big smile.
We ended up staying at Cindy's as she is a part of Audrey's staff at the shop. We arrived at Cindy’s house and we had a great time there.
Meeting Audrey and Dennis in Canada made my image of Canada seem like a very special and loving country. It makes me so sad because even though I sent her a letter, I cannot receive one back from her. I will always have a lot of love for her.
We'll never know how many letters have been exchanged between us so far. I will always cherish the letters she sent me as they were so loving and warm. They mean so much to me. Even though I sometimes forgot to send her greeting cards for Christmases and birthdays, she would never ever forget to send them to me. I thank her from the bottom of my heart that she always thought of me! These were some of my fondest memories of Audrey and I thank you for reading them. Audrey will remain in my heart forever.
