When I met you, so many years ago...It seemed to me as if you were taking away my brother. He laughed more with you, smiled when he never would have before. It is an odd thing for a sister to watch her brother fall in love.
It has been a distinct honor to watch him do it with you.
As I came to know you, I couldn't help but fall in love with you myself.
Sweetness was encarnate with you.
You graced this earth with your laughter. Your smile, the way your eyes always glanced at Brian when you didn't know that he was looking.
I watched your family grow...and so my own did as well. You gifted me with three beautiful nephews.
I have never in my life met a humanbeing as unselfish as you are.
It has amazed me throughout these years....I keep waiting...for the world to harden you, or for your perfectness to slip...but it never...ever did.
I am...and have always been amazed of you.
I don't think I ever told you or showed you how very much I love you. How...I could never love a sister, born of my blood, as much as I have loved you Stephanie.
Small things play into your mind when tragedy occurs.
You were the only person who sang to me this year on my birthday.
I laughed and blushed into the phone when you called....but it thrilled me. It smiled me. And it made my entire day.
It is the little things in life....such as your song in my ear...that I will miss each day that we have without you.
I love you sister.
