At 11 last night I said to Mom it was 18 years ago I was in my Cousin's Living Room, watching CNN and hoping and praying the news that came at 2 am wouldn't come. We were on our way to take me back for my second and final year in College and had stopped at Cousins in Peterbourgh to break up the trip. How on Earth I managed to not wake anyone up is still beyond me!!
As some know, I count myself among the lucky to say I met that amazing Lady. I will never forget her, nor all she did for for the Disabled Community, as well as so many others. Many have forgotten just what those first pictures of Diana shaking hands w/out gloves on w/HIV/AIDS Patients did for Educating the World you really can't catch it by touching someone w/the Disease. Those pictures did more than any of the Multi Million Awareness Campaigns ever did at the time.
She was a very special Lady who is very much missed. May she Rest in Peace.
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I stick with the happier memories...her radiant smile, the good times with Prince Charles, her lovely outfits, and the early, crazy "Di-mania" days when the engagement was first announced.
I think that she exchanged her caring for pets to caring for people. She had an attraction to the vulnerable--the elderly, the sick, children. When William and Harry were little, she had them to take care of. Then, when they went away to school, she was involved with her charity work and her social life. I think that she did much better when her attention was absorbed by helping other people. When she didn't have that as much, I think that's when she began kind of losing her way and getting involved with strange therapies and so on. Perhaps that's why I wasn't as shocked by her death as some others--I had the sense that she was going in a bad way and that something unfortunate was going to happen. It's hard to explain, because it was just a feeling I had.
Today is the 19th Anniversary of Diana's passing. May God rest and bless her soul. Also, may God continue to bless both of her families and friends as they carry on her legacy.