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On Monday, August 21, 2006, Rebekah Lindberg died from a massive heart attack in Starbucks. This was due to the twelve double tall nonfat white chocolate peppermint mochas with whip and drizzle she had consumed in less then one hour. Right before melting to the ground, she was overheard whispering to herself… “One more coffee and then I can make it through the day. Wait, I see the light! And it looks like latte foam… so pretty!”
Rebekah led a full and happy life. She often spoke of camping trips and girl’s nights as some of the best times of her life. Her favorite place to be was in the woods; she loved nature and all it had to offer. She felt closest to God when she was surrounded by His beautiful creations, and she often marveled that people could question His existence after seeing it.
She loved all things artistic; in fact most of her friends likened her to Martha Stewart, minus the jail time, weird crazy dictator for life attitude, and strange catch phrases like “It’s a good thing”. She also love to blog, since she could then convince herself that everyone thought it was funny…even when they didn’t. She enjoyed cooking, in fact most Saturday mornings she relaxed via a cup of good strong tea with a little milk and her favorite cooking shows. However, she still regrets the time she accidentally poisoned one of her best friends, Lacey. Fortunately Lacey did survive, and she didn’t hold it against her. They stuck to sushi after that, and they both were looking forward to opening of the new PF Chang’s restaurant. Lacey will be eating there quite often in remembrance of Becky (and also because she loves the food and it’s a great excuse.)
Though Becky always aspired to teach second grade, she was not able to finish her education in order to achieve that goal. She did spend three years at community college, taking night classes and majoring in pottery, hence the lack of a finished degree. She always said that pottery would have been her favorite career choice, but she had a huge shopping habit that a starving artist’s salary couldn’t support.
Becky also loved to travel. Time with her travel buddy, Amber were always quite entertaining. A hard lesson was learned the first time they went to NY. It involved 80 pounds of shoes and a three-flight staircase. The mistake was never made again and the enjoyed quite a few trips around the globe. Amber kept Becky grounded and helped break down the illusions that not all tree hugging vegetarians are crazy (well, they all aren’t super crazy, just a little crazy) and that American Eagle does carry more then two sizes (anorexic and bulimic.) They took tango lessons on Thursdays, and often could be seen driving around rocking out to Amber’s husband’s music, Jason Miraz.
Her acquaintances were many, but her friends were few, and she loved them dearly; they were all like family to her. It would take pages and pages to recount all the good times they had. Even though she lived in Spokane, she had many friends in the Seattle area, including Rachel, Leah, Hailey, and her best friend for life, Rene. Rene was also one of Becky’s hero’s. It is quite possible that Becky would not have survived day to day life with out the help of Rene’s wit, encouragement, and deep friendship. Unfortunately, even their friendship could not save Becky from that fatal caffeine overdose.
The reading of Becky’s will is to be held next Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Large crowds are expected, since she owned quiet an extensive collection of clothes, shoes and what she liked to consider “eclectic” art. Becky is survived by her two pets, which she doted on like they were children, Howard the Dog, and Carrot James Master of the Door Opening Side Kick. She is also survived by her parents Phil and Diana Lindberg, her brother in law and sister, Pat and Sarah Graham, and her self-adopted older brother, Travis Arnold. She has ten thousand cousins, aunts, uncles, and three surviving grandparents.