Remembrances

Allyson was my good friend. We met in 1999 during the UW’s Bus Tour around the State. We hit it off immediately and stuck together chatting away during the entire five days of the Tour. Being on different campuses (she in Seattle and me at Bothell) and with the work loads we both had, made it difficult to talk as much. Yet, when my wife Cate joined a new Buddhist Sangha, I joined with her; my first event with this group was a trip to Long Beach California to join the crowd to see the Dalai Lama. When we checked into the hotel, guess who was in the lobby? Allyson! The Dalai Lama became unimportant compared to seeing Allyson. We would see each other regularly after that. She possessed the spirit of a Bodhisattva who helped everyone she could reach. In her last few days on earth, she reached out to us many times. It was so difficult - even impossible - to accept her death. Though we knew she was at piece. For 49 lovely days, we joined our Sangha to recite the King of Prayers to help smooth her passing and increase our inspiration. We had love for Allyson Carlyle!

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Professor of Physics Emeritus
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