Ich widme Afterlife meinem teuren Freund Faith Cottrell, dessen einzigartiger Humor und unendliche Liebenswürdigkeit die Götter vor Freude zum Frohlocken bringen würden. Sie sind sicherlich dankbar für solch eine reine Seele. Hier ein kurzes, englisches Gedicht der Autorin:

„We all need a bit of Faith in our lives.”

What it means to have Faith.

All at once the world seems so small, lost in a vast space of endless doubts,

But beyond the sky full of clouds and dust is the light we see and the Faith in which we trust.

Friends’ tears will fall and crash and burn,

And rain to our feet with an unspeakable yearn,

Heavy hearts and unrelenting hope we hold on tight,

Not giving an inch, not with Faith’s strength and might.

Laughter, love and never fading warmth,

Is what your body sings,

To our lives every damn day,

Is what a Faith’s soul brings.

To say we love you is just words on a page,

But to know we love you,

Is in Faith’s way to gauge,

And you know to your very core,

That we want nothing more,

Than that love to shine through, because Faith,

We will always have you.

By an everlasting friend

Stephanie Hudson