Crickett Julius was someone I would really like to have known.
From what others say about her though, it's easy to sort of feel like I did know her.
Her life was shortened by a deadly disease that still affects far too many of us, breast cancer. But it would be a shame to remember her for what took her life. So Cricket's Answer for Cancer , a non-profit organization devoted to celebrate women are are fighting that fight is just that --celebration, tribute, and moving forward to make the cure bigger than the disease.
Crickett's mom, Bonnie Julius, said "Cricket would help anyone she could. At work, she would treat everyone the same from the janitor to the president." Crickett's friends still keep in touch with Bonnie, and they tell her they want "to make themselves as Crickett-like as they can." What a legacy!
A friend of Crickett and Bonnie both, Terry Baker recounted a story of a day when Bonnie who suffers from severe vertigo needed to be taken to the ER from work. Terry and others got her there safely, and Crickett sent THEM flowers for being there for her mom since she lived out of state. Terry said "she had a smile for everyone, and when she talked to you, it's as if you were the only one in the room."
Crickett's Answer for Cancer has a website, coincidentally, www.cricketsanswerforcancer.org which has items you can purchase that will help support women who are battling the monster. The site is dedicated to supplying sources and resources that will make life better for those women. Even if you want to go there to see Crickett's picture, in which her eyes dance, you'll likely "catch her joy."
ALSO on Friday April 17, Crickettinis for a Cure Charity Event will be held at the Yorktown Hotel from 5-8 pm.
The Yorktowne will be donating 50% of your purchases during this event to Crickett's Answer for Cancer.
For those who did know Crickett, this will be a good tribute, for those who will benefit, it'll be a great way to honor her, and at some point, someone we know or love will be affected by this horrible disease, so it is a way to keep her personality, her lovely traits and her giving spirit alive.
This is a win-win, to honor a lady we wish were still here. But as her mom says, "I always feel she's smiling down on us, and she is a great strength to me."
And with chuckles, several people recounted that she was a huge clothing and shoe maven. Even that's probably a connection to many of us!
