My 25th wedding anniversary has come and gone. So have the first anniversary of Andrew’s death and his funeral. Today I feel the same sense of emptiness and loss that I felt a year ago. Now what? I ask myself now, as I did then. I remember how, gradually, my house started emptying out. My [...]
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Now What?
November 10, 2010In Loving Memory Of Andrew
June 17, 2010December 13th was a freezing cold night. Driving along Bleeker street on our way to the Bitter End, we saw Santa clad people everywhere. December 13 was Santa Con, I learned later. I’d never heard of it. “Are you Mrs. Williamson-Noble?” A young voice asked me while I was standing in the freezing cold outside [...]
Get Your Wellness On
April 10, 2010I came up with Suicide Awareness & Prevention Fair, and while we were all trying to come up with something that “spoke” of Wellness, clearly inspired Florentina said: Get Your Wellness On. So… how do you think this sounds? Get Your Wellness On! Suicide Awareness & Prevention Fair Last night we had the first planning [...]
Signs From Spirit
March 27, 2010I don’t know about you, but I believe that our loved ones who are in Spirit, do communicate with us. They do try to let us know that they are still around. The day after Andrew’s Memorial Concert at the Bitter End by Ippazzi, we were in the kitchen with my cousin who had come [...]
In Memory of Keith Alexander
March 4, 2010When Andrew died, the Earth rumbled; for me. Calling from England, Hugh’s mother often forgets the time difference, and that morning she had woken us up at about five o’clock. My husband silenced the phones and we tried to go back to sleep. Tossing and turning for a while I felt disturbed by the feeling [...]
Signs Of Life
February 22, 2010Spring 2003 – Thirteen year-old Andrew with his young friend Zoe Monday morning The snow-covered ground outside is alive with differing sizes and shapes of prints. They tell the tale of industrious birds, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, crows and more. It is no different from what goes on inside a home. Robert has just left for [...]
In Memoriam – By Kathleen Reckling
February 1, 2010As anticipated, Saturday January 30th, the Super Fencing Saturday when the Andrew Williamson-Noble Spirit Award was presented, was a bitter sweet day for our family. Everyone there knew that Andrew had died by suicide. The dialogue and reflection leading up to the event and on the day itself, proved a great opportunity to raise awareness [...]
The New York Times – Monday December 21
December 21, 2009To read the article please click on the title-link below After Son’s Suicide, Mother Again Channels Grief Into Action By MICHAEL S SCHMIDT A COMMENT BY AN NYU STUDENT A FEW DAYS AFTER ANDREW’S DEATH November 8, 2009 at 4:42 am I was studying in the library when President Sexton’s letter arrived in my e-mailbox [...]
From Washington Square
December 18, 2009I had business at NYU yesterday. I was early for my meeting and got off at Union Square. Coming out of the Subway, I looked around to orient myself and saw that I had come out by Walgreens. I was transported back to an evening in October 2005. Rooted to the spot, I saw in [...]
Thank You IPPAZZI
December 13, 2009Last night; what a great evening, what a great turn-out. Thank you to Greg Petronzi and the other members of the band and thank you to all the wonderful friends who came and helped make it a great evening in Andrew’s memory. Of course there were moments when I (my husband and Andrew’s brother and [...]
