Hey Beautiful You Sue

Notes to Sue’s family from Marilyn Rockett

Hey Beautiful — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:45:31 +0000

From: Marilyn Rockett
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:45 PM
To: Wealth Alliance Members
Subject: Notes to Sue’s family

Thanks, Deb, for all this good info and for setting up the web site. I have some pics I’ll send you too. Now I wish I had taken more!! One comment about the note to Sue’s family at Sue’s address: I asked Nancy about sending a note, and she said they were putting the house on the market right away. Sue’s youngest daughter is still young (in college) and would be the only one even remotely interested in the house. So they are selling it, and Sarah is making other plans. So write your notes quickly and send them. Of course, there will be forwarding for the mail (probably to Sarah’s address) but still it would be best to do it right away. I’ve sent the same info and note to Steve and Kerry Beck’s Yahoo group since many on that list would have met Sue in San Antonio. They may want to contribute to the web site entries as well. In church today, we sang a hymn about looking forward to heaven, and I thought of Sue, how she is just beaming there with her Savior, free from pain and all the struggles we face here on earth. I just lost another friend (just 49 years old with two boys) three weeks ago to cancer, and I’ll never face anything again (and we are going through a lot right now) without seeing Sue’s smile in my mind and remembering how she faced her pain and troubles – seeing that in others changes you! Thanks Sue! That’s the kind of life I want to live (however long that may be) – one that changes people even after I’m gone!

You all are a blessing. It occurred to me this morning that when a group shares something like a class and business struggles they do bond together, but when something like a death or other major personal event occurs, it draws the group even closer. I can feel the love from all of you for Sue and her family. Now I know the true power of the Internet! And “they” said it would take away personal relationships and be cold – “they” didn’t know this group! Thanks. Marilyn Rockett

Wealth Alliance… a gift from us for Sue

Hey Beautiful — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:12:45 +0000

From: Debra Thompson Roedl
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:12 PM
To: Wealth Alliance Members
Subject: Special Blog Site for Sue….

Randy is in the process of setting up a Special Blog just for Sue where you can post your stories, thoughts and prayers to share with her family and friends. This will be our Blog together from us to Sue.

The domain is: www.HeyBeautifulYouSue.com

If you want to share your prayers, messages, photos, of Sue (this is for anyone friends, family, collegues, Wealth Alliance Members, etc.), please send them to Support@WealthAllianceGroup.com

Thank you everyone!

Debra Randy and Robin – Wealth Alliance

A Message from David Johnson…

Hey Beautiful — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:03:11 +0000

—–Original Message—–
From: David G. Johnson
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:03 PM
To: Wealth Alliance Members
Subject: Re: One more pic of Sue

Wow, Deb, you’re welcome for the photos of Sue.

This is such a shock… Jill and I are just reading the messages about Sue’s passing. What can I say? I’m soooooo glad that Sue shared these pictures with us. She allowed me to snag them from her camera’s memory stick so we could share them with everyone.

Certainly our prayers are with her family and friends.

By the way, forgive me for the long URL. It broke in your e-mail, Deb. Maybe this one will work a little better:

http://www.epiphanydigest.com/wealth-alliance-members-at-smart-in-atlanta-july-2007/

I treasure the short time we got to know Sue. She was truly a sweetheart.

-David

Mailing Cards to the Riek Family

Hey Beautiful — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:00:12 +0000

From: Debra Thompson Roedl
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 9:01 AM
To: Wealth Alliance Members
Subject: Sending Our Condolences for Sue…

Good morning everyone… As members are rising and shining this morning more and more are reading our posts from last night and sharing their stories and condolences for Sue. (Thank you Marilyn, David and Tom!) I encourage you to do so as well. We came up with a great idea… we are going to collect these stories and post them in a blog “Remembering Sue” as a gift for her family.

If you have stories, messages for Sue and her family, photos you would like to share, please forward them directly to me at: debra@wealthalliancegroup.com

Together, we will make this Blog for Sue, as her light and smile continue to shine on, and give it to her family, it will be from all of us. You can post your comments here in our googlegroup and I will continue to collect the stories. Dave Lakhani emailed me asking for Sue’s address or for one to her family. It occurred to me that you too might want to send a note to Sue’s family and share with them personally.

Here is her mailing information if you would like to do this. Please do so quickly, as the family will be selling the house asap.

Riek Family – 313 Foxfield Lane – Mathews, North Carolina 28105

Thank you for your heartfelt messages and sharing with the Members… it is so amazing to see the love and support that we have for one another amongst our group. I so appreciate you, each and every one of you.

With love and blessings,

Deb, Randy and Robin from Wealth Alliance

A message to Sue from Tom Reed…

Hey Beautiful — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:21:35 +0000

From: Tom Reed
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 3:21 AM
To:

Debra Thompson Roedl
Subject: Fwd: Hey Beautiful You

Hey Beautiful You Sue!!!

Thank you for your blessing to me and many others you have touched while you were here among us on earth. I am so filled with joy when I think that you are now at total peace and experiencing no more pain! Thank you Sue for the joy you gave to me at the Family Ebiz Conference and the joy that continues to flow because of your most precious love that radiated from you! Remember Sue the words we shared together, the physical pain that you had to endure and the emotional pain that I had to endure. Remember Sue, that we gave this to God and that God will be with us! Sue, your time has arrived! I am so happy for you Sue!!! (by the way, how is Jesus’s internet marketing business doing?)

As my eyes are filled with tears of joy, please continue to pray for all of us here at Wealth Alliance Group! We will continue to pray for you and your family, and hope to join you in the time that God has set for each one of us!

God has blessed you Sue, and Sue you have blessed us so much!

Hey Beautiful You!!!
Tom

A message from Dave Lakhani…

Hey Beautiful — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:06:54 +0000

—–Original Message—–
From: Dave Lakhani

Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 3:06 AM
To: Debra Thompson Roedl

Subject: Passing of a friend…

Deb,

I just read your message and I’m stunned. I’m in Vegas right now and told that story several times this weekend. Do you have an address where I might send a note?

Thank you for letting me know. Regards,

Dave

Dave Lakhani PresidentBold Approach, Inc.

My memories of Sue… by David Brown (Part 1)

Hey Beautiful — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:49:05 +0000

—–Original Message—–
From: David Brown, MD
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 2:49 AM
To: Wealth Alliance Members
Subject: My Memories of Sue Riek

Debra, Marilyn, Dave, Carmen, Kathy, Karen, and everyone, I am sitting here absolutely stunned and in complete shock uponreading the news that Sue Riek died in her sleep last week from heartfailure. It was just eleven days ago that I said goodbye to her asshe was sitting waiting for her bus to come pick her up at the Imperial

Palace and take her to the helicopter which was going to take her over the

Grand Canyon. Sue was very engaged in a conversationwith one of the IP employees learning more from him about thehelicopter rides over the Canyon. Sue liked to say that she never meta stranger, because, if they seemed like a stranger at first, they certainly weren’t after Sue flashed her incredibly warm smile andstarted chatting with them. She gained people’s confidence and trustalmost instantly and she was truly an incredibly warm and caring humanbeing. I first met Sue at the SMART Seminar around July 20 of this year. She was the “old-timer” and I was a newcomer in the Wealth Alliance Groupand she made me feel very welcome with her wonderful smile and down-to-earth nature. I wanted to spend more time there getting to know her,but for various reasons, we never connected outside of class. I liked all the first class members that I met there (and also from the secondclass), but I felt more of a connection with Sue. I probably actuallytalked more with Marilyn, though, and Marilyn knows that was verylittle talking.

When Freedom Factor convened in Vegas, I was reallypleased to see that Sue had made it and I was determined to spend sometime with her this time and learn more about her and her business. I had invited Kathy, my ex, to attend Freedom Factor with me and shewas very pleased that she came to this event. We sat at a table withSue on one of the days and Kathy commented to me about how much sheliked Sue and how friendly and approachable she was. We talked alittle in our room about the people that we had met there and Kathysaid that Sue and Casper were her favorites.

When Freedom Factor wasbreaking up, Sue told me that she had an interesting story to tellinvolving a big name Internet Marketer about something that hadhappened in Las Vegas just since we had been there. She said to besure to read her blog at www.SueRiek.com to find out the details. Istarted thinking ‘what kind of a juicy story is Sue going to tell’? Iasked her ‘does it involve Armand or Debra’? She said no, that itwasn’t someone at Freedom Factor, but it was someone she was sure thatI would know. She said that the story wasn’t finished yet and she hadto get to the Strip (15 miles away) for the conclusion of the story.That really got my curiosity up. She had to be there in about an hourso she was going to call a cab. I told her that she didn’t need to dothat because I had rented a car and Kathy and I were staying at theMonte Carlo on the strip, anyway, and would be driving back, and I washappy to give her a ride. She said that if I gave her a ride, shewould tell me the story on the way to the strip. She said that herroommate, Carmen, and another lady,

Karen, were planning to check outthe strip that night (Sunday, August 26) because they hadn’t been toVegas before, and she asked if they could come, too. I said noproblem, but I had only rented a compact car, so the three of themwould have to get cozy in the back. They were all fine with that (atleast until they saw the back seat). Sue went around the Red Rocksaying her goodbyes to more people and I overheard her telling them tomake sure to read her blog at SueRiek.com next week to learn aboutthis incredible story. Everyone did manage to cram into the Saturn Ion that I had rented,although Sue commented that she felt like she had gotten a livertransplant with one of the women and a kidney transplant with theother. She told us all the story on the way to the strip of how shelost her wallet and was afraid that she may have been pickpocketed orpossibly left it in the cab on the way to the Beatles tribute “Love”performed by Cirque du Soleil, which she absolutely raved about. Shecalled it the best show that she had ever seen and well worth the $140ticket price. She was understandably upset about losing her wallet,but she said she decided that she was not going to let that ruin herevening since the Cirque du Soleil show had been so phenomenal. Asyou know, she found out from her credit card company that a man namedDave had found her wallet sitting on the seat of the taxicab that hegot in at the Mirage and he had left his number for her to call.When she called the number, she got a voice message that said “Youhave reached Dave Lakhani at Bold Approach.” She hung up and checkedto make sure that she had dialed the number correctly. She was prettycertain that she had misdialed it or else this was the biggestcoincidence that she had ever experienced in her life. When sherealized that she had dialed it correctly, she praised God and gavethanks. Then she called back and got Dave on the phone this time.She told him who she was and that she had signed up for his PR coursein February and he told her that he was certain that he knew her, buthe couldn’t figure out from where. He was as happy as she was that hehad found her wallet. They arranged to meet the next day at theVenetian after Freedom Factor ended so Dave could return Sue’s walletto her. That’s where we were headed – to the Venetian to meet DaveLakhani.

I was very excited myself to be able to meet Dave in personand Sue was absolutely ecstatic – really tickled pink. When you thinkabout it, the odds against what happened actually happening had to bea billion to one or more. Sue was attending an Internet MarketingSeminar put on by Armand Morin in Las Vegas and she gets a cab to theMirage to see a show. She gets out of the cab and the person who hopsin the cab right after her is another well-known Internet Marketer,and, not only that, but he’s the ONLY other Internet Marketer besidesDebra that Sue had ever signed up with to receive more continuingeducation.

There simply must be a higher purpose for this entirechain of events. It’s very very late now (2:30AM PDT) and I’m getting too tired towrite coherently, so I’m going to call it a night and pick this upagain some time later today (Sunday). In the next ‘episode’, I willtell you about fighting the taxicabs and crushing traffic at theVenetian, our encounter with Dave including my filming a short videoof Dave and Sue for Dave Lakhani’s blog, and our adventures on thestrip that night and all day Monday, August 27, 2007. I really missSue. In the brief time that we knew each other, she became one of myvery favorite people on this earth. Now she’s one of my very favoritepeople in Heaven, along with my father, Walt, my father-in-law, Buz,my brother, Dick, and my mother-in-law, Dolores, and a few more. Sayhi to my Dad and brother and Buz and Dolores, will you Sue? I know that You’re not going to meet any strangers in heaven …

Dave Brown

One more pic of Sue

Hey Beautiful — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:00:14 +0000

From: Debra Thompson [mailto:debra@wealthalliancegroup.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 10:00 PM
To: Wealth Alliance Group members
Subject: One more pic of Sue

Here’s another picture of Sue….

Guess which one she is? The one in the middle of the gang with the biggest smile, wearing the blue and white striped shirt. Look at her radiate… her smile was so infectious it made you smile in return! Thank you David Johnson for posting these photos.

If you would like to see these and the other photos of Sue please visit David Johnson’s blog at: http://www.epiphanydigest.com/wealth-alliance-members-at-smart-in-atlanta-july-2007/

I’ll see if I can get the photos of her from Las Vegas and will share those with you when I do.

Good night my dear sweat friend.

Deb

Passing of a friend… A note to Dave Lakhani

Hey Beautiful — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:50:45 +0000

From: Debra Thompson [mailto:debra@wealthalliancegroup.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 9:50 PM
To: ‘Dave Lakhani’
Subject: Passing of a friend
Importance: High

Hi Dave,

It is with a very heavy and sad heart tonight that I am sharing this message with you of the passing of a very dear friend… Sue Riek. I know you just saw her in Vegas, she told us of the story and she was just so amazed that you were there as her angel to find her wallet. She felt so blessed. Anyway, I just wanted you to know… below is a brief tribute that I just wrote as I just found out only minutes ago… this is to the Wealth Alliance members that Sue was a part of…

One more item I wanted to share with you about Sue. I had been working with her to set up her blog. We were just at the initial stages of it when she passed away. She wrote only one post to it… and I wanted you to know about it and how much you meant to her…http://sueriek.wordpress.com/

Thanks for being who you are and especially for Sue.

Thanks
Deb

A Tribute to Sue from Debra…

Hey Beautiful — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:45:20 +0000

From: Debra Thompson [mailto:debra@wealthalliancegroup.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 9:45 PM
To: Wealth Alliance Members
Subject: A tribute and prayers and Love For Sue Riek
Importance: High

To Our Wealth Alliance Members,

You just saw a message that Marilyn shared with us regarding the passing of our fellow member Sue Riek, who died this past week from heart failure. While I am still in tremendous shock and pain right now I feel that I just want to reach out to all of you tonight in this time of sadness to bring us all together and to tell you what an incredible friend and light Sue was to me, to you and to everyone around her.

I met Sue in February of this year at Steve and Kerry Beck’s Family Ebiz Expo in San Antonio. I was speaking for the first time in a long time and was a little nervous. I was the first speaker up on the platform that weekend and as I was standing up on stage I took a deep breath, said a little prayer asking for comfort and I looked up and saw Sue. She lit up the room and her smile was so wide and bright. She smiled the entire time I spoke! I couldn’t take my eyes away from her. She gave me such comfort and peace… I felt like I had a friend in the audience and that I was speaking just to her.

Sue came up to me after my presentation to introduce herself and that was when we met for the first time. She ended up purchasing my product and joined the Wealth Alliance family. We became fast friends and I shared with her how her smile was what carried me through my presentation. Her smile gave me the confidence to go on… and because of her smile I have gone on and on, sharing with others now around the world. I know I will truly miss her smile.

What you may not know and what Sue shared with me in confidence during our coaching, was that Sue lived constantly in pain. She confessed that she was not at the time that she could make the trip to San Antonio to attend the event. But God presented a way for her and she mustered her strength to attend. She had such severe pain in her back, and that day at the Beck’s Ebiz Expo, she was in tremendous pain sitting there listening to me, but she never showed it… at all… to anyone. You’d never know it to talk to her or to see her. She kept her smile on for all to see and shared her light with everyone she could, touching hearts wherever she was. She was truly God’s angel on earth and a blessing for all of us.

Here is a picture of Sue with some of us from Wealth Alliance at the SMART Seminar in

Atlanta in July, you can see her smile radiate throughout the photo (Sue is the SMILE on the end oh yeah and she’s in the blue/whie striped shirt).

I am blessed to have had the opportunity for Sue to recently join Randy, Robin and I, just less than 2 weeks ago, in Las Vegas for the FreedomFactor event. She contacted me and we talked for a long while about her making the trip. She was so excited to come and it was so good to see her. I have to tell you that I just couldn’t wait to see her smile again and was looking forward to catching up with her.

A funny thing happened there at FreedomFactor that you would just not believe. Sue was exploring Las Vegas and taking time to enjoy herself and have some fun. She so deserved and had not done anything like this before. She had even planned to stay over and take a helicopter over the

Grand Canyon! She was really excited about that.

One evening she took time out to go see a show on the strip. She accidentally left her wallet in the cab. Later that night she received a voice mail on her cell phone from her bank indicating that she had lost her wallet, someone found it and called them, and they were canceling her cards. Sue asked who had found it and they said a gentleman by the name of Dave Lakhani. If you do not know who Dave is, he was also a speaker at the Beck’s event in San Antonio where Sue had met Dave and asked him to lunch. Dave had gotten into the cab that night apparently not long after Sue and found her wallet. He didn’t know it was her at first… he intuitively felt as if he knew her and yet couldn’t place her… especially in the middle of Las Vegas of all places.

On Sunday at the end of our FreedomFactor event… Sue rushed up to me with her huge smile and told me she was off to meet with Dave Lakhani and get her wallet back. She wanted to sign up for FreedomFactor but could not because she didn’t have any money (since Dave had her wallet) and just laughed all the way through telling me that. She gave me a hug and told me she would call me later. And that was the last time I saw her smile…

I heard from her again last week after her adventure… this is what she wrote in her final email:

From: sue riek [mailto:

shopshock@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 7:32 PM
To:

Debra Thompson Subject: my first blog post

hey deb,wow, was it great to see you last weekend. i got home late wednesday night and slept for most of the next 36 hours. i had a great time monday and tuesday in vegas. took an unforgettable helicopter ride in and over the canyon and over the strip after dard. wow, was that fun.i just put up my wordpress at sueriek.com. there i tell my missing wallet story. could you ask randy to give me a buzz or an email so we can chat a bit about the blogs so i can get some more up.the training last weekend was more than i could have ever imagined. lots and lots of info. i would like to set up a time with you to discuss freedom factor and moving forward. yeah!have a fabulous weekend and thanks for being there.love,

sue

Sue we love you… your spirit, your smile and your light will shine on forever in our hearts. Thank you for being the blessing you were to all of us. You will be missed so much my dear dear friend. Keep smiling in heaven… we know you are with us.

Love always,Deb