AUG 13, 2019 – “Dear Cardthartic, I’m writing to thank my Fairy Cardmother for getting my latest order of cards to me today. Yes, I use a lot of sympathy cards, because I am a trust and estate lawyer and so am always looking at final moments, and giving comfort and solace and tissues. It is a privilege to be able to do this, an honor really.

Generally when I order from you, I don’t necessarily have anyone in mind … I have past experiences that will become future moments of need. Those needs are squarely in mind as I look through all the cards you offer. So, last week, I ordered many cards and among them was the Adirondack Loveseat with the words: ‘Some people are missed more than words can say.’ So heartfelt …

That very card was face-up when I opened my order this morning, right before a client’s daughter walked into my office. She is successor trustee for her parents, a couple that I worked with over the years, a couple I loved though only knew through the work I did for them.

When the daughter told me that Mom had died on June 26th, I told her how sorry I was — I knew Mom had been ailing in memory, but Dad was taking good care of her. I asked about the funeral and how Dad was taking it, after 70 years of marriage, and was told the funeral was very touching. ‘It was held on July 2nd,’ she said, ‘and Dad died July 3rd.’ (Sharp intake of breath on my part.) ‘Dad just couldn’t live without Mom and, in the week after her death, he just lost the air that he breathed.’

“Wow … what does that say about the power of love?! That couple loved to the absolute fullest, and I wanted a way to let their children know that all of us saw that love and celebrated it. So it seemed meant for me to send them the Adirondack Loveseat, now empty but so recently full of life. In truth, it expressed my feelings far better than I possibly could have. Yes, ‘Some people are missed more than words can say.'”

Paige M. Baker, Esq.
Santa Ana, CA

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