May 3, 2011 - the one year anniversary of the loss of my beautiful sister.
Loren, I miss you dear sister. I miss your friendship, your compassion, the wisdom and gentleness you carried, even in your youth. I try to be that kind of friend, that kind of listener, like you were to me and others.I am thankful that your light and the bright memory of your beautiful smile are still with us. That you are knowing peace and joy in a full way, such as we have not yet known - I am thankful fro that.
I am thankful for your 2 delightful and amazing children. I have many dreams and hopes about buidling memories with your boys as they grow, and that they can grow up knowing my girls too.
I still miss you, and often when I do I write your stories. I write down my memories of you - beautiful memories that make me smile. Memories of your childhood, your motherhood, our friendship as grownups, our big family joys and sibling stories...They are collecting here, in a beautifully bound journal. (It has a soft cloth binding in an earthy beige color, with a subtle white flower design, a wooden button, and very cute little Japanese doll for a bookmark- I think you'd like it! ) You will never be forgotten.
You will continue to be loved, and to inspire love.
"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back...
and until we meet again, my friend, until we meet again
May God Hold You in the Palm of His Hand"
