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Sharon Bayko and Jen Small
We have lost two members of our Wells Beach family this past month here at Lafayette’s Oceanfront Resort at Wells Beach.
Jennifer Joy Small was a housekeeper who has worked here during summers since 1998. She was a wife to Ivan, a mother of three children, all of whom she was able to see through college, and a friend to all of us here at Wells Beach. She was a hard worker and many of our guests have asked about her during the past few years when we were not able to get a visa for her to come back. We will all miss her.
Sharon Bayko was the head housekeeper here for many years. She has been battling cancer for the past several years. She was able to work throughout her struggles with cancer and showed us her strength of character and what a determined person can accomplish. She was a wonderful person who was a wife and a caretaker her husband Nicholas until his death last year. She was also the proud mother of three children and grandmother to seven. She was a strong leader in our housekeeping department and she has helped this property grow. She never wavered in her commitment to the high standards that she felt the property and the associate here were able to achieve. We will all miss her.
This poem was one of Sharon’s favorites and was very descriptive of her:
A Toast to all Unfinished Women
Here’s a toast to the unfinished women.
The ones who are never quite through.
The ones who find room on their plates for the tasks
That others aren’t able to do.
And a toast to the ones who can’t finish
All they set out to do in a day.
When they open their arms to embrace a new moment
Or take some time out just to play.
Cheers to those, too, whose hearts are unfinished
So they always have more love to give
And the ones who aren’t quite done having adventures
The ones who have dreams left to live.
Bless all of those unfinished women
Who can smile and confess when they are wrong.
The ones who don’t yet think they have all of the answers
The ones not done learning new songs.
And for those who make each day their schoolroom
If they’re taking a class or self-teaching
Whether seeking diploma, degree, or more knowledge
Toss your caps in the air for the ones who keep reaching.
Say a prayer for those unfinished women
When their world comes apart, not by choice,
As they struggle and grow once again to feel whole
Help them see they can find a new voice.
And for women to whom time is precious
Give them faith to see work left undone
As a road map for those whom they’ve cared for and taught
Not a battle that’s lost but war won.
Sound a cheer for each unfinished woman
Toast each unfinished soul, mind and heart.
For it’s unfinished business that keeps us all going
It’s the work left to do that makes living an art.
By Barbara
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