JUNE

The worst fear in my life has come true. I just lost the most important person in my life. Everything is turned upside down. I am trying to be strong because that is what She wants me to be. *********************************************************** October 4/06 June Munroe Says Goodbye By Terry Goodlad (from bodysport.com and Oxygen) For just a moment…think of one person in your life that would be absolutely devastating to lose. Think of how completely you share life with them. How every little happening or feeling, every catastrophe or triumph that comes along is shared with them first and how that one person is the first one that shares their life with you. Think of that one person and you know that losing them would leave a chasm in your soul that could never possibly be filled.Now imagine the unthinkable has happened, the day that you never believed would ever come. This person so full of life, so much character and such a good person surely they could never just stop existing. Then think about the first morning you wake up after they are gone. Try to find a word that would describe how that would feel. In fact try a sentence, a paragraph, try anything. That’s why people just sit and cry. There is nothing anyone can say, no amount of understanding, no asking what is needed no matter how well intentioned…nothing can take that away or even slightly soften the myriad of feelings you feel from your loss. Life and all we do here is brought into perspective and what seemed so big yesterday almost feels embarrassingly trivial.On August 26th, IFBB Figure competitor June Munroe stepped off stage after competing in the Europa Supershow and the next day made a much anticipated trip back home to visit her family. On Friday the 25th her mom had taken ill with Bronchitis yet characteristically her biggest concern was not for herself, “(she was) so worried that she wouldn’t be well enough to cook for me and take are of Katie so I could go off to the gym etc and have fun with my younger sis when I came home. That was/is my Mom”.June had not seen her family for 8 months, the longest she had been away from them in her life. June’s growing business and competing in figure contests had demanded a great deal of her attention and while she and her family are all very close, time had simply slipped away. Living in Texas, and them back home in Connecticut, getting away was not always easy in light of all she has on her plate but the distance had become too much and it was time to go home. June planned to go home on August 30th. Then mom took ill so June went right after her show was done and it was a huge blessing she did.Mom’s condition deteriorated and she was moved to the intensive care unit. Even then she was more concerned about being a burden on her loved ones, “She did everything for her family and friends. In the ICU She said to my sister and me that she was so sorry that she was being a nuisance being sick.”On Wednesday August 30/2006 June Munroe said goodbye to her mother for the last time as she peacefully went on to a much better place. June and her family now live with an ache that may mercifully in time become less sharp, but will never go away, and their memories of a woman that did so much more than just pass her time here, she truly lived, and loved.“For Her wake and funeral I put together 2 huge presentation tri folds with pictures and sayings. The pictures ranged from the 40s and 50s when she was a model in NYC. The 70s and on up of our horse shows, vacations with just the girls ( her 3 daughters, granddaughter and then also great granddaughter), all the holidays she would put together, graduations, award ceremonies, all the gowns she made, and all our animals. The wake and the funeral, I know, were what my Mom would have wanted. They celebrated Her life - which was so full”She balanced her life perfectly between her own dreams and desires and the deep love she had for her family. In living her life to the fullest, she taught her children to do the same and the bond she created with them in loving relentlessly and teaching them to believe in themselves is perhaps her greatest legacy of all.“She made me the person I am, She gave me the strength to feel that I could accomplish anything I set out to do - there was just no question.” “My Mom has been there - be it flying down to Dallas (to see me) or just staying on the phone with me for hours trying to figure out what I needed to do. Now I own it myself (her company Flexstar) and it is working - she gave me the tenacity to see it through and strength to never let anyone tell me I couldn’t do something.”There was not a time when she was too busy to reach out and assure her children she was there and June learned to be the same way from her mom’s example.“I spoke with my Mom at least once every day. She would get so worried if by the end of the day She couldn’t get a hold of me - say I was in the shower and I would hear the main phone would ring, then the cell phone would ring back and back and forth until I could get to the phone. I always made sure that I got that call, though, I thank God about that.”She shared her passion with her children as well and one of the greatest was for music and the arts.“My Mom loved music, too. She played the piano and accordion - isn’t that funny. She had us girls playing the piano and flute from 5 years old. Every time I went home She would have me play The Music of the Night on the piano (Phantom of the Opera). Incidentally, we went to see the play years and years ago - it was the only one we would see together - (She sent us into the city (New York City) all the time to see tons and tons of Broadway shows). She loved that song and I would always play The Phantom of the Opera theme song right after with the strong, strong beginning chords and drive Her crazy (She liked the more harmonious songs) and she would shake her head as I would laugh. This time home I finished The Music of the Night and closed the piano keyboard.”Perhaps what we have in life is more important to spend our time on than what we think we need.******************************************************* **I am an IFBB Pro Competitor and owner of Flexstar New Age Nutrition. I am very, very blessed. I love GOD, life, my family and my dog KATIEBUG!!!! I have wonderful friends who have really been there for me - THANK YOU!! I graduated from the Univ. of Conn. with a degree in Engineering. I grew up showing and breeding Morgan horses. I miss it and hope to get back to that someday!
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