John had requested that some of his ashes be delivered to friends on Amorgos so I carried four small containers in my luggage. One was for Buket, Shukru and Tuna, special friends from Turkey. They decided to scatter his ashes in Istanbul, a city that John loved. Another container was for Yorgos and he carried it to Crete for scattering...one of John's favorite islands.
The other two containers were for our dearest friends Theo and Kalliroi who decided to remember John in distinctly different ways. Kalliroi invited a few friends to a beach on the south end of the island. She gave each of us a "wish rock" to throw into the water along with a wish. Sandra had made a series of paper boats with messages to float. They instantly became submarines with the first wave. Kalliroi read a poem before wading into the water to scatter John's ashes. After hugs and tears we drove to a small cafenion to toast John with raki!
Natasha, Marianna, Sandra, Kalliroi & Theo
Theo decided that he wanted to share his scattering of ashes with me at sunrise. John loved to stay awake and watch the sunrise after we arrived by ferry on Amorgos at 2:00-3:00am. It was our way of celebrating our arrival on this wonderful island that became our second home. So, the morning before I left Amorgos I met Theo at our favorite sunrise location, watched as the sun peeked above the horizon and Theo shared John's ashes with the island.
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