7 responses to Christine Cay Baker

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   Jackie Jedynak says:

   January 25, 2008

   I’ll miss Chris dearly and am so grateful for her friendship over the years. I can picture her smile and hear her laughter, especially as I reflect on memories of the carefree years in the 80s when we lived in Santa Monica/West LA and spent time socializing and working together. She was a special friend -cheerful and creative and her strength during these past few years has been extraordinary. We send condolences to Peter and her family.
   With deepest sympathy and sadness,
   Jackie Jedynak

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   muse nuta says:

   August 4, 2018

   Well, it’s been 10 years…and I’m still stunned. Christine was a beautiful, strong, healthy swimmer girl when we were together for 3 years or so in the early 80s. I first met her at work and I watched her type in Cobol code like she was typing a common letter…while talking to her blind office mate. I was amazed ! We went to an advanced Cobol class, took several California trips, snuck away to a movie or two during work, and almost got killed in a Santa Ana wild fire in Malibu. Seriously. It missed us by 100 feet and it was moving about 30 mph ! She almost died at age 26 ! And I met her lively grandmother of 72 or so who loved to eat a grapefruit a day, her father, mother and her siblings briefly, and had every expectation Chris would live a long life. While I was just a small part of her life, I like to think that my several disadvantages made her appreciate Peter even more…thus I contributed in some small way to her happiness in her marriage 😉 .And I am so happy she loved her husband and her life and was very well taken care of by Peter. Not everyone gets that. Of course I loved her. But I didn’t really realize how much until I found out she was ill and dying. No other passing has hit me as hard. And I still think of her often. She should still be here ! I wonder what she would think of the world today ? I’d like to think she would be jumping into championing causes of some sort. I always admired her stands for the underdog. She was a good person and I miss her. Always have, and always will. And I see her father passed not much later. He was a GOOD man. I wish I had known him better. No doubt he was heartbroken. I know only a little of what he felt…and I went into a depression for 3 years after her death. Yeah, Bernard was a cool, class act. Chris was fortunate to have him in her life. I was fortunate to have them both in my life, for a while. But then the contract we worked on got cancelled, I left to frantically work long hours at far away jobs, got sick, and we drifted apart. She was a real sweetheart to me and I was a poor, young fool with limited prospects fighting stress caused illnesses. So In the end, it was far better for her to marry Peter and enjoy her life with him. It’s a shame she didn’t get the chance to take on the world as a healthy woman in her prime though. It’s our loss…and probably the world’s I think. In an alternative universe she never got sick and she’s there now helping….somebody. And maybe LOTS of somebodies. Maybe she has a couple of kids late in life ? Or adopts some. Or helps kids somehow. Maybe she teaches ? I feel Christine had potential to do anything if she set her mind to it. She’s one of the few women I really liked as a person in this world. And she passed too soon. But I guess there are many passing too soon. And I too will pass. But I once knew a beautiful, strong, and talented girl I grew to love. And her name was Christine Cay Searcey,.with an “E” she said. And I was fortunate to know her. But it hurts like hell. Even 10 years later.
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