Thank you to everyone who made this event happen, and to the community attending.
I need some help in this interactive eulogy. I need you to repeat 2 words whenever I give the signal. CRUSHED IT!. Please everyone now — CRUSHED IT! Here’s the signal that I just made up. CRUSHED IT!
Muffy was never one to let grass grow under her feet. She always had one goal or more she was working on.
As a girl her goal was to watch the Mary Poppins video every weekend — CRUSHED IT!
One summer, soon after college, Muffy was able to join us on a cruise. Her goals:
To lie in the sun long enough to become the bronze goddess of the Mediterranean — CRUSHED IT!
To try every cocktail they served on the ship — CRUSHED IT!
To go to every activity on the ship — especially those that involved drinking — CRUSHED IT! — CRUSHED IT!
To see every production of Hair
To see every movie that has a dance-off — CRUSHED IT!
She seemed to want to set a record for the most times passing out in a restaurant — CRUSHED IT!
She and Martha Fuller set the goal of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro together before they were 40. They fell short of this goal. But a few months ago, to get out of the hospital, Alana had to build herself up to where she could climb the 8 steps to the apartment — her Kilimanjaro, her Everest. — CRUSHED IT!
Alana was all about joy — even to the very end, it brought her such joy when a member of her community visited her. In person, by phone, by skype, by text or email. And she wanted to bring joy to each of us.– CRUSHED IT!
Alana’s marriage to her studsband Malkia brought them both tremendous growth and joy. I’ll close with this silly little poem I penned to honor that love.
Mitts and Muffy
Mitts and Muffy sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First came love, then came marriage
Tooling ’round town in their bright red carriage
— CRUSHED IT!
Posted by Bob Devich