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For those of you that haven't crossed paths with Linda Bourgault on ActiveRain let me introduce you.

Her husband was Bruce Bourgault who was a great loan officer here on Oahu (Honolulu County) He'd come into our office frequently but we all didn't really get to know him until he started blogging on ActiveRain.  Linda took care of him after his operations and treatments and during his last weeks. He did not recover and he passed away in October 25, 2007. Linda wrote:

10.25.2007 Our Most Momentous Day!

In the time he was on ActiveRain, many grew to love him and many felt the sorrow and pain when learning of his death.  Since that time, Linda took over to keep his memory alive on ActiveRain and began to create her own memories too.  A gift from me to Bruce and our Rainmaker friends...  She also moved to the mainland and started to get her life moving again.

And then she came back this past Saturday to visit and Randy Prothero (Realtor® in my office and one of my best friends there)and I went down to meet her this morning for breakfast.

In the short time we spent together today we had breakfast, talked. Talked. Joked and amazingly talked about our childhoods!  Now THAT was different.  Funny how some memories remain no matter how far back they are.  Then onward to Queen Kapiolani Gardens!  Yup, we dragged Randy Prothero While writing, I reflecting on our meeting and  just now  I realized something.

I had told Linda I had saved Bruce's last email to me before he went in the hospital.  Linda stayed at a hotel that she and Bruce used to frequent for nights on the town.  Randy and I talked about how we got to know Bruce ‘better' through his blogging on ActiveRain and how it makes a difference more so than someone even walking into our office as much as he did.

I realized we all still remember....but life moves along.

Memories and current friendships made through ActiveRain. What a concept.

A Hui Hou (until we meet again) my dear friend Linda!

If ever there were a time to splash the positivity around the RAIN it is NOW. I have reiterated time and again the importance of having a wonderful repertoire with our peers here on ActiveRain. We carry a professional attitude (and behavior behind the pounding on the keyboard) and being ever so "REAL" in our writing with a little transparency. Through our conversations and eventually getting to meet one another face to face through our interactions here has surely given me the richness of the meaning Connections through ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS.

I'm not talking the chat room gossip. I'm talking about a REAL Estate Network that has given me information, education and the most important.....bonding with my peers.

If not for the fun, the laughter and the people we connect with here this would be just another ‘social network'. This is MORE......always has been....always will be (hopefully).  The changes that take place here have not interfered with the bonding I have with other professionals in the industry and I really appreciate what I do have.

I can name off SOOOO MANY friends but this is especially for my friend, William E. Johnson. I remember one conversation that set the tone for our continuing friendship. That was when the big California fires made him one of the evacuees in the San Diego area. I called...and kept track....and made sure...he was going to be okay.  Read about that here>>>  The Active Rain Passage to Mystery

All worked out well and it set the stage for our ongoing friendship. Who would have thought one DID NOT have to meet face to face to know that the friendship of the soul was enough? I have no doubt that we will eventually meet and I do believe that this one will be a tear jerking meeting for sure.

Recently, the chance came up for William to do the one thing that we KNOW is the standard for "I trust in you" in this industry for another peer.

" The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from another client, customer and a peer"

This is what William gave to me. A referral. A listing from his client in San Diego that owned a home here and wanted to sell. And wouldn't ya know. It was in contract by the 11^th day on the market!

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My gift of a referral from William funded today and it is recording tomorrow morning.

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Now THAT...... is the POWER of ActiveRain.

The People behind the words.

   Royal Kunia Home for Sale - 94-1063 Hoohele Street, Honolulu County Hawaii (SOLD! March 30-2009)

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Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman is a Realtor-Associate with Century 21 Liberty Homes in Mililani, Hawaii. With a sharp understanding that a listening ear is the key to a client's needs  she serves the island of Oahu (Honolulu County) and all Hawaii Military Relocating to Hawaii, Hawaii Retirees, Hawaii Job Transfers and Hawaii Residents. Website: www.hawaiihomesmarket.com