In loving memory
Chris Stewart was a consummate hostess. She brought people together and treated everyone to the kindness of her wisdom and the generosity of her table. Her favorite thing to do was gather a crowd and feed them while they played cards and games. She enjoyed reading, watching cooking shows on PBS and working the Sunday Times Crossword ~ in ink. She arranged fresh cut flowers often and enjoyed going to the movies. She loved all of the arts and was a long time docent at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Chris was a devoted wife to Dr. William Stewart. She was an excellent mother to her four children and their friends. She leaves her husband, her brother, four children and their spouses, four grandchildren and a large extended family who are lost without her.
Christine's Guestbook
Alzheimer’s is like the caucus race from Alice in Wonderland where the birds and ocean creatures are running in a circle on the beach. You see your love one running in circles, and given the lack of other options you jump in and run with them because it seems to be the kindest thing you can do. Running in endless circles trying to catch a breath, a moment of lucidity, in between these drowning waves that sometimes take you right off your feet. You have to get up and you have to keep running because you can’t let them run alone. Eventually the inevitable happens. The waves win and your loved one is washed away. You are left cold and wet from your own tears, exhausted, angry at the futility of it all, and absurdly wishing you were still running. I would have run forever with my mother.
